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Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022

Section 23: Period of moratorium on diligence

88.This section increases the length of the moratorium against diligence created by sections 195 to 198 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016, from a period of 6 weeks to 6 months. Subsection (3) makes a consequential change to the arrangements for those in a moratorium who then enter a protected trust deed, allowing the moratorium to remain in place beyond 6 months for a further 7 weeks, in order to allow sufficient time for the registration of protected status

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