# Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, Section 70C: Creditor's duty to provide information

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(1) A creditor who is receiving payment from a debtor by virtue of—
(a) an earnings arrestment;
(b) a current maintenance arrestment; or
(c) a conjoined arrestment order,
shall, provided the debt has not been extinguished, send, on or as soon as is reasonably practicable after the dates mentioned in subsection (2) below, to the employer or, in the case of a conjoined arrestment order, the sheriff clerk the information mentioned in subsection (3) below.
(2) The dates referred to in subsection (1) above are—
(a) the later of—
(i) 6 April next following service of the schedule of arrestment or, as the case may be, order; or
(ii) the day falling 6 months after the service of the schedule or order; and
(b) each 6 April thereafter.
(3) The information referred to in subsection (1) above is—
(a) the sum owed by the debtor to the creditor;
(b) the amounts received by the creditor by virtue of the arrestment or order; and
(c) the dates of payment of those amounts.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/18/section/70C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/section-70C
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