Section 247A Sheriff officer’s fees and outlays.
Scotland
Subject to subsection (2) below and without prejudice to F1section 39(1) of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17) (expenses of attachment) F2and section 196(1) of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3) (expenses of money attachment), the sheriff officer’s fees, together with the outlays necessarily incurred by him, in connection with the execution of a summary warrant shall be chargeable against the debtor.
No fee shall be chargeable by the sheriff officer against the debtor for collecting, and accounting to the rating authority for, sums paid to him by the debtor in respect of the amount owing.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 247A(1) substituted (30.12.2002) by Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17), ss. 61, 64(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 10(3) (with s. 63)
- F2
Words in s. 247A(1) inserted (23.11.2009) by Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), s. 227(3), Sch. 5 para. 8(3) (with s. 223); S.S.I. 2009/369, art. 3(2)(3), Sch. (with art. 4) (which transitional provisions in art. 4 are revoked (31.1.2011) by S.S.I. 2011/31, art. 5(c))
Notes on Part XI
Modifications
- C1
Pt. XI (ss. 209-257) extended by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 103:2), s. 25(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 22(a)
- C2
Pt. XI (ss. 209–257) modified by S.I. 1975/930, regs. 2, 3, Sch. and Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45, SIF 130), s. 48(1)
- C3
Pt. XI (ss.209-257) applied and power to modify conferred (6.3.1992) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 107(1), Sch. 11 Pt. II para. 23(a) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4)).