The DAS administrator
The DAS administrator is the AiB, appointed by Scottish Ministers to administer and supervise the entire DAS process in line with statutory requirements. The AiB can also be nominated by clients to act as a payments distributor.
The DAS administrator:
•approves, suspends or revokes the approval of debt advisers;
•approves or rejects applications for a DPP;
•approves or rejects applications to vary a DPP;
•approves or rejects applications to revoke a DPP;
•sends notices to the parties in a DPP of the decision to approve or reject an application for approval, variation or revocation of a DPP;
•sends notice of recall of any arrestment of the client’s property or income, where the client’s DPP is approved (in some instances, all of the above notices are sent by the continuing debt adviser rather than the DAS administrator);
•maintains the DAS Register;
•approves and revokes the approval of payments distributors;
•when requested, reviews a decision to approve or reject an application for a DPP, to vary a DPP or to revoke a DPP;
•corrects accidental errors in any determination, including incorrect information provided by a third party.