{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-insolvent-estates-of-deceased-persons-order-1986/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-insolvent-estates-of-deceased-persons-order-1986/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1999",
  "legislation_title": "The Administration of Insolvent Estates of Deceased Persons Order 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-insolvent-estates-of-deceased-persons-order-1986",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986;\n“insolvency administration order” means an order for the administration in bankruptcy of the insolvent estate of a deceased debtor (being an individual at the date of his death);\n“insolvency administration petition” means a petition for an insolvency administration order; and\n“the Rules” means The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (8.12.2017) by The Insolvency (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1119), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 1(2) (with Sch. 3 para. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 29.12.1986, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1999/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:38:16.085673+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."
}