{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-scotland-act-1987/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-scotland-act-1987/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/36",
  "legislation_title": "Prescription (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definition of “relevant claim”.",
  "text": "(1) In section 9 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (which defines “ relevant claim” for certain purposes), after paragraph (c) of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following—\n“ or\n(d) by the presentation of, or the concurring in, a petition for the winding up of a company or by the submission of a claim in a liquidation in accordance with rules made under section 411 of the Insolvency Act 1986;”.\n(2) In paragraph (b) of the said subsection (1) the words “(or those sections as applied by section 613 of the Companies Act 1985)” shall be omitted.\n(3) The said section 9 as amended by subsection (1) above shall have effect as regards any claim (whenever submitted) in a liquidation in respect of which the winding up commenced on or after 29 December 1986.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1973 c. 52."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/36/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:51:33.575486+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."
}