{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-131",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-131.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/15",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007",
  "path": "section/131",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "131",
  "heading": "Main definitions",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“affected creditor” has the meaning given by section 122;\n“approved scheme” means a debt management scheme that is approved under section 111;\n“debt management scheme” has the meaning given by section 109;\n“debt repayment plan” has the meaning given by section 110;\n“non-business debtor” means any individual who—\n(a)is a debtor under one or more qualifying debts, but\n(b)is not a debtor under any business debts;\n“period of protection” has the meaning given by section 133;\n“qualifying creditor” means a creditor under a qualifying debt;\n“scheme operator” means the body that operates a debt management scheme;\n“specified debt” means a debt specified in a debt repayment plan;\n“supervising authority” has the meaning given by section 129.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 131(2) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 136(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/15/section/131",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:45.892078+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."
}