{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-debt-arrangement-scheme-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-debt-arrangement-scheme-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2004/0110626400",
  "legislation_title": "The Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-debt-arrangement-scheme-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Approval of a money adviser",
  "text": "(1) An application to the DAS administrator for approval as a money adviser shall be in form 1.\n(2) The DAS administrator shall approve an application under paragraph (1) if satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to be a money adviser.\n(3) A person, other than a person specified in regulation 10(2), shall be a fit and proper person to be a money adviser if, but not only if, the person has–\n(a) undergone training on the matters specified in Schedule 4; and\n(b) a certificate issued by MATRICS stating that the person\n(i) has been assessed as possessing the skills and training needed to competently advise a debtor on taking part in a debt payment programme under the debt arrangement scheme; and\n(ii) is recommended for approval by the DAS administrator as a money adviser.\n(4) Approval as a money adviser shall be for a period of 2 years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2004/0110626400/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:39:42.838477+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."
}