
2024 No. 293
Enforcement
The Diligence against Earnings (Variation) (Scotland) Regulations 2024
Made 29th October 2024
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 31st October 2024
Coming into force 6th April 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49(7)(a), 53(3) and 63(6) of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Diligence against Earnings (Variation) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 6 April 2025.
Rate of deductions in diligence against earnings
2 
In the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987—
(a) in sections 53(2)(b) (deductions to be made under current maintenance arrestments) and 63(4)(b) (deductions to be made under conjoined arrestment orders), for “21.56” substitute “24.66”, and
(b) for Tables A, B and C of schedule 2 (deductions to be made under earnings arrestment), substitute respectively Tables A, B and C in the schedule of these Regulations.
IVAN MCKEE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
29th October 2024
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(b)


TABLE A: DEDUCTIONS FROM WEEKLY EARNINGS
Net earnings Deduction

Not exceeding £172.61 Nil
Exceeding £172.61 but not exceeding £345.22 £2.30 or 15% of earnings exceeding £172.61, whichever is the greater
Exceeding £345.22 but not exceeding £575.37 £25.89 plus 20% of earnings exceeding £345.22
Exceeding £575.37 but not exceeding £863.06 £71.92 plus 25% of earnings exceeding £575.37
Exceeding £863.06 £143.84 plus 50% of earnings exceeding £863.06


TABLE B: DEDUCTIONS FROM MONTHLY EARNINGS
Net earnings Deduction

Not exceeding £750.00 Nil
Exceeding £750.00 but not exceeding £1,500.00 £10.00 or 15% of earnings exceeding £750.00, whichever is the greater
Exceeding £1,500.00 but not exceeding £2,500.00 £112.50 plus 20% of earnings exceeding £1,500.00
Exceeding £2,500.00 but not exceeding £3,750.00 £312.50 plus 25% of earnings exceeding £2,500.00
Exceeding £3,750.00 £625.00 plus 50% of earnings exceeding £3,750.00


TABLE C: DEDUCTIONS FROM DAILY EARNINGS
Net earnings Deduction

Not exceeding £24.66 Nil
Exceeding £24.66 but not exceeding £49.32 £0.33 or 15% of earnings exceeding £24.66, whichever is the greater
Exceeding £49.32 but not exceeding £82.19 £3.70 plus 20% of earnings exceeding £49.32
Exceeding £82.19 but not exceeding £123.29 £10.27 plus 25% of earnings exceeding £82.19
Exceeding £123.29 £20.55 plus 50% of earnings exceeding £123.29
