{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/moveable-transactions-scotland-act-2023/section-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/moveable-transactions-scotland-act-2023/section-59.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2023/3",
  "legislation_title": "Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/moveable-transactions-scotland-act-2023",
  "path": "section/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Restriction or discharge of statutory pledge",
  "text": "A statutory pledge may be—\n(a) restricted to only part of the encumbered property, or\n(b) discharged,\nby means of a written statement by the secured creditor (but see also article 11 (restriction, discharge or extinction of unregistered statutory pledge over financial instrument) of the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (Financial Collateral Arrangements and Financial Instruments) (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/275 (S. 1)))..",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 59 inserted (1.4.2025) by The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (Financial Collateral Arrangements and Financial Instruments) (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/275), arts. 1(2), 22(9) (with art. 20)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 extended (with modifications) (1.4.2025) by The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (Financial Collateral Arrangements and Financial Instruments) (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/275), arts. 1(2), 5 (with arts. 6-20)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 59 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 121(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 59 in force at 1.4.2025 by S.S.I. 2024/378, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2023/3/section/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:17.256943+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."
}