The Act
3.There have been three main Executive consultations in respect of the provisions of this Act—
	the first consultation paper on diligence reform was Enforcing Civil Obligations in Scotland, published on 22 April 2002; an analysis of the 68 consultation responses was published on 8 November 2002;
	the first consultation paper on bankruptcy reform was Personal Bankruptcy Reform in Scotland: a modern approach, published on 19 November 2003; an analysis of the 84 responses was published during March 2004; and
	the last main consultation paper was Modernising Bankruptcy and Diligence in Scotland: draft Bill and Consultation, published on 2 July 2004, including a draft Bill; details of the 81 responses were published during March 2005.
4.The Act is in 17 Parts—
	Bankruptcy;
	Floating charges;
	Enforcement;
	Land attachment and residual attachment;
	Inhibition;
	Diligence on the dependence;
	Interim attachment;
	Attachment of money;
	Diligence against earnings;
	Arrestment in execution and action of furthcoming;
	Maills and duties, sequestration for rent, and landlord’s hypothec;
	Summary warrants, time to pay and charges to pay;
	Amendments of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (the “2002 Act”);
	Admiralty actions and arrestment of ships;
	Actions for removing from heritable property;
	Disclosure of information; and
	General and miscellaneous.
5.There are 6 schedules containing—
	minor and consequential amendments of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (the “1985 Act”) made in consequence of Part 1 of the Act;
	provisions relating to the Scottish Civil Enforcement Commission;
	provisions on expenses of money attachment;
	provisions relating to admiralty actions and arrestment of ships;
	minor and consequential amendments; and
	repeals and revocations.