{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-bankruptcy-rules-1993/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-bankruptcy-rules-1993/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/921",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Bankruptcy Rules) 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-bankruptcy-rules-1993",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Petition for sequestration by the debtor",
  "text": "(1) A petition by the debtor under section 5(2)(a) of the 1985 Act shall be in–\n(a) Form 1 where section 5(2A) of the 1985 Act (with concurrence of qualified creditor(s)) applies; or\n(b) Form 2 where subsection 5(2B) of the 1985 Act (without concurrence of qualified creditors(s)) applies.\n(2) The court, when considering a petition lodged in accordance with paragraph (1) above, shall not require–\n(a) intimation to be made to any person, or\n(b) the debtor to appear or be represented,\nunless it seems necessary to the court to do so.\n(3) An undertaking by the interim trustee under section 2(3)(c) of the 1985 Act shall be in Form 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 5(2)(a) was substituted by the 1993 Act, section 3(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 5(2A) was inserted by the 1993 Act, section 3(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 5(2B) was inserted by the 1993 Act, section 3(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 2(3)(c) was substituted by the 1993 Act, section 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/921/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:59:17.296611+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}