HC Deb 22 July 1985 vol 83 cc786-7

Amendment made: No. 33, in page 73, line 10, at end insert— '(6A) Where a debtor whose estate is sequestrated after the commencement of this subsection is liable, by virtue of a transaction entered into before that date, to pay royalties or a share of the profits to any person in respect of any copyright or interest in copyright comprised in the sequestrated estate, section 102 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1913 (trustee's powers in relation to copyright) shall apply in relation to the permanent trustee as it applied before its repeal in relation to a trustee in bankruptcy under the said Act of 1913.'.—[The Solicitor-General for Scotland.]

The Solicitor-General for Scotland

I beg to move amendment No. 34, in page 73, line 24, at end insert— '() Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in any enactment or document to a person's estate being sequestrated under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1913 shall be construed as, or as including, a reference to its being sequestrated under this Act; and analogous references shall be construed accordingly.'.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this we shall discuss Government amendments No. 48 and 52.

The Solicitor-General for Scotland

These are purely drafting amendments.

Amendment agreed to.

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