{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1966/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1966/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1966/19",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1966",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Wages, pensions etc., to be exempt from arrestment on the dependence of an action.",
  "text": "(1) After the passing of this Act it shall not be competent to arrest on the dependence of an action any earnings or any pension.\n(2) (a) For the purposes of this and of the next following section “ earnings” means any sums payable by way of wages or salary (including any fees, bonus, commission, overtime pay or other emoluments payable in addition to wages or salary by the person paying the wages or salary or payable under a contract of service);\n(b) in this section “ pension” includes—\n(i) any annuity in respect of past services, whether or not the services were rendered to the person paying the annuity, and any periodical payments by way of compensation for the loss, abolition or relinquishment, or any diminution in the emoluments, of any office or employment;\n(ii) any pension or allowance payable in respect of disablement or disability.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/19/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:35.061204+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."
}