{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diligence-scotland-regulations-2009/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diligence-scotland-regulations-2009/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/68",
  "legislation_title": "The Diligence (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diligence-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENFORCEMENT\nDEBT\nDILIGENCE\nMade 23rd February 2009\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 24th February 2009\nComing into force 22nd April 2009\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 155(4), 159 and 159A(3) of the Titles to Land Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1868, sections 73B(2), 73G(2) and 73S(1) of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987; and sections 148(3) and 224(2) of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1868 c. 101 (“the 1868 Act”). Section 155 was substituted, section 159 amended, and section 159A inserted by, sections 149, 164(1) and 162 respectively of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 asp 3 (“the 2007 Act”). Section 164(2) inserts section 159B of the 1868 Act which contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the powers under which these Regulations are made."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1987 c. 18 (“the 1987 Act”). Sections 73B(2), 73G(2) and 73S(1) were inserted by the 2007 Act, section 206. The 1987 Act is also significantly amended by the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17), section 58(2), schedule 3, Part I, paragraph 17, and by the 2007 Act, sections 169 and 170, 199 to 205, 206, 209(2) to (5), schedule 5, paragraph 16 and schedule 6, Part 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2007 asp 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/68/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}