{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/schedule-5/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/schedule-5/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/18",
  "legislation_title": "Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where an application under any of the provisions of this Schedule listed in sub-paragraph (2) below has been made—\n(a) it shall be not be competent during a relevant period to remove the poinded articles for sale or to hold a sale;\n(b) a relevant period shall be disregarded in calculating the period on the expiry of which the poinding ceases to have effect under paragraph 11 above.\n(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are—\n(a) paragraph 1(4), 7(1), 21(2) or 22(3) (release of poinded articles);\n(b) paragraph 8(1) or (3) (invalidity, cessation or recall of poinding);\n(c) paragraph 10(1) (sist of proceedings in poinding of mobile homes);\n(d) paragraph 12(4) (restoration of articles removed without consent or authority);\n(e) paragraph 12(5) (recall of order under paragraph 12(4)).\n(3) In sub-paragraph (1) above “a relevant period” means—\n(a) the period while the application is pending;\n(b) where the application has been disposed of by the sheriff—\n(i) the period during which an application for leave to appeal may be made;\n(ii) where an application for leave to appeal is made, the period until leave has been refused or the application has been abandoned;\n(iii) where leave to appeal has been granted, the period during which an appeal may be made; or\n(iv) where an appeal against the decision is made, the period until the matter has been finally determined or the appeal has been abandoned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/18/schedule/5/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:44.895234+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}