Part 4Land attachment and residual attachment
Chapter 2Attachment of land
General and miscellaneous
127Statement on impact of land attachment
1
The Scottish Ministers must, within 15 months of the commencement of this Chapter, prepare, publish and lay before the Scottish Parliament a statement setting out the impact of land attachment on debt recovery and homelessness.
2
The statement must specify—
a
the number of land attachments registered;
b
the number of warrants for sale—
i
granted;
ii
refused; or
iii
suspended,
under section 97;
c
the number of persons made homeless as a consequence of this Chapter;
d
the mean and median sums recovered by land attachment; and
e
the effect which land attachment appears to have had on debtors' abilities to meet ongoing financial obligations and repay other debts.
3
In this section, “homeless” has the meaning given in section 24 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26).