# Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, Paragraph 4A


Where—
(a) only one of the debts is an ordinary debt, the creditor in that debt shall be paid the sum equal to—
D×ES;
(b) more than one of the debts is an ordinary debt, each of the creditors in those debts, out of the sum mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above, shall be paid the same proportion of the amount of that creditor's debt;
(c) only one of the debts is current maintenance, the creditor in that debt shall be paid the sum equal to—
D×CS;
(d) more than one of the debts is current maintenance, each of the creditors in those debts, out of the sum mentioned in sub-paragraph (c) above, shall be paid the same proportion of the amount of that creditor's debt,
where—
D is the sum deducted under subsection (5) of section 63 of this Act;
E is the sum deducted under paragraph (a) of that subsection;
C is the sum which would, if the only debts were the current maintenance debts, be deducted under subsection (3) of that section; and
S is the total of E and C.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/18/schedule/3/paragraph/4A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/schedule-3/paragraph-4A
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