{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-parties-rights-against-insurers-act-2010/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-parties-rights-against-insurers-act-2010/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/10",
  "legislation_title": "Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-parties-rights-against-insurers-act-2010",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Scottish trusts",
  "text": "(1) A trustee of a Scottish trust is, in respect of a liability of that trustee that falls to be met out of the trust estate, a relevant person if—\n(a) an award of sequestration has been made by virtue of section 6 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 in respect of the trust estate, and the trust has not been discharged under that Act, or\n(b) a protected trust deed within the meaning of that Act is in force in respect of the trust estate, ...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Where an award of sequestration made by virtue of section 6 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 is recalled or reduced any rights which were transferred under section 1 as a result of that award are re-transferred to and vest in the person who became a relevant person as a result of the award.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) In this section “Scottish trust” means a trust the estate of which may be sequestrated by virtue of section 6 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1)(a) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 35(5)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 7(1)(a) inserted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 35(5)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 7(1)(c) and word omitted (30.11.2016) by virtue of The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 35(5)(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(2) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 35(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 7(3) omitted (30.11.2016) by virtue of The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 35(5)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(4) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 35(5)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 1.8.2016 by S.I. 2016/550, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/10/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:11.948668+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."
}