The Bill aims to modernise the law, making the role of the judicial factor clearer.
Judicial factors have been in use since at least the 17th century in Scotland. The main existing legislation on judicial factors is from 1849 to 1889. There have been no new laws specifically in this area since then.
This led to some doubt on how the law should operate and what powers judicial factors have.
As with all Bills, the Finance and Public Administration Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM).
Read the FM for this Bill: Financial Memorandum
The call for views closed on 15 March 2024.
The Committee received no submissions to the call for views and so agreed to take no further action on the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill.