{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-homes-family-protection-scotland-act-1981/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-homes-family-protection-scotland-act-1981/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/59",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-homes-family-protection-scotland-act-1981",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Poinding.",
  "text": "Where an attachment has been executed of furniture and plenishings of which the debtor’s spouse has the possession or use by virtue of an order under section 3(3) or (4) of this Act, the sheriff, on the application of that spouse within 40 days of the date of execution of the attachment , may—\n(a)declare that the attachment is null; or\n(b)make such order as he thinks appropriate to protect such possession or use by that spouse,\nif he is satisfied that the purpose of the diligence was wholly or mainly to prevent such possession or use.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s.11 substituted (30.12.2002) by Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp. 17), ss. 61, 64(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 13(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 11 substituted (30.12.2002) by Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp. 17), ss. 61, 64(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 13(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 11 applied with modifications by Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37, SIF 49:3), ss. 14(5)(b)(iii), 29(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/59/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:44.414172+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."
}