HL Deb 16 October 1985 vol 467 cc670-1

203 Schedule 7, line 44, at end insert— 'The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65) 3A. In section 31(2) (disqualifications regarding members of local authority), for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

  1. "(b) he is discharged under or by virtue of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985.".
The Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60) 3B.—(1) In section 58 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (under which Schedule 3 to that Act has effect for giving priority in bankruptcy etc. to certain debts) after the word "effect" there shall be inserted the words "for the purposes, in respect of the sequestration of estates in Scotland, of Schedule 3 to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (preferred debts)"; and, for the purposes of the sequestration of a debtor's estate in Scotland, Schedule 3 to the said Act of 1975 shall have effect—
  1. (a) before the coming into force of paragraph 26 of Schedule 7 to the Insolvency Act 1985 as if—
    1. (i) in each of paragraphs 1, 2(1) and 3(1), for the words from the beginning to "included" there were substituted the words "This Schedule applies to";
    2. (ii) in the said paragraphs 1 and 2(1), for the words "date of the relevant event" there were substituted the words "relevant date" and, in the said paragraph 3(1), for the words "occurrence of the relevant event" there were substituted the words "sequestration of a debtor's estate"; and
    3. (iii) in paragraph 4, for the words from "event" to "that Act" there were substituted the words "date" has the same meaning as in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985."; and
  2. (b) after the coming into force of the said paragraph 26 as if—
    1. (i) in paragraph 3(1), for the words "a person going into liquidation or being adjudged bankrupt" there were substituted the words "the sequestration of a debtor's estate";
    2. (ii) in paragraph 2(2) for the words "in a case where the relevant event took place on or after the day 671 of the passing of the Social Security Act 1985" there were substituted the words "in any other case"; and
    3. (iii) in paragraph 4, for the words "Schedule 3 to the Insolvency" there were substituted the words "Part I of Schedule 3 to the Bankruptcy (Scotland)".'.