General 10 48 Ancillary provision 1 (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make any incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory, or saving provision they consider appropriate for the purposes of, in connection with or for giving full effect to this Act. (2) Regulations under this section may— 15 (a) make different provision for different purposes, (b) modify any enactment (including this Act). (3) Regulations under this section— (a) are subject to the affirmative procedure if they add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act, and 20 (b) are otherwise subject to the negative procedure. 49 Modification of enactments and repeals and revocations (1) Schedule 2 makes provision for the modification of enactments. (2) Schedule 3 contains repeals and revocations. 50 Interpretation 25 In this Act— “the Accountant” means the Accountant of Court, “appointing interlocutor” has the meaning given in section 6(1), “appointment date” has the meaning given in section 7(1), “the court” is to be construed in accordance with section 1(5), 30 “estate” includes heritable and moveable property, “factory estate” means the estate on which a judicial factor is appointed, “interest in the estate” means an interest in the factory estate after payment of any debts, and “judicial factor” means a person appointed as such by a court, whether under an 35 enactment or a rule of law, to hold, manage, administer and protect an estate. 26 Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill Part 6—Miscellaneous and general 51 Commencement (1) This section and sections 48 and 52 come into force on the day after Royal Assent. (2) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint. 5 (3) Regulations under this section may— (a) include transitional, transitory, or saving provision, (b) make different provision for different purposes. 52 Short title The short title of this Act is the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 2024. 27 Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Standard powers SCHEDULE 1 (introduced by section 10(7)) S TANDARD POWERS 1 To take possession of, collect and ingather the property of the factory estate. 5 2 On behalf of the factory estate— (a) to bring or defend any action, (b) to make any application to the court, or (c) to engage in any other legal proceedings. 3 To carry out works. 10 4 To grant any deed necessary for carrying into effect a function vested in the judicial 1 factor. 5 To carry on— (a) the business (if any) of the factory estate, or (b) any part of that business. 15 6 To enter into, or take over, a contract. 7 To pay a debt due by the estate without requiring the creditor to constitute the debt, provided that the judicial factor is satisfied that the debt is a proper debt of the factory estate. 8 To employ, or dismiss from employment, any person. 20 9 To appoint an agent to carry out business which the judicial factor does not have the competence to carry out. 10 To remunerate any person appointed under paragraph 9. 11 To sell the factory estate, or any part of the factory estate. 12 To grant, vary, or accept the surrender of a lease or tenancy of any duration of the 25 heritable factory estate or of any part of the heritable factory estate. 13 To remove a tenant...