{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/section-94",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/section-94.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/18",
  "legislation_title": "Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "section/94",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "94",
  "heading": "Ascription of sums recovered by diligence or while diligence is in effect.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to any sums recovered by any of the following diligences—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) an earnings arrestment;\n(c) an arrestment and action of furthcoming or sale; or\n(d) a conjoined arrestment order in so far as it enforces an ordinary debt,\nor paid to account of the sums recoverable by the diligence while the diligence is in effect.\n(2) A sum to which this section applies shall be ascribed to the following in the order in which they are mentioned—\n(a) the expenses already incurred in respect of—\n(i) the diligence;\n(ii) any previous diligence the expenses of which are chargeable against and recoverable from the debtor under section 93(5) of this Act;\n(iii) the execution of a current maintenance arrestment;\n(b) any interest, due under the decree or other document on which the diligence proceeds, which has accrued at the date of execution of the . . . earnings arrestment or arrestment, or in the case of an ordinary debt included in a conjoined arrestment order which has accrued at the date of application under section 60(2) or 62(5) of this Act;\n(c) any sum (including any expenses) due under the decree or other document, other than any expenses or interest mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 94(1)(a) repealed (30.12.2002) by Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17), s. 61, Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 17(12)(a) (with s. 63)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 94(2)(b) repealed (30.12.2002) by Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17), s. 61, Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 17(12)(b) (with s. 63)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/18/section/94",
    "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."
}