{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-insolvent-estates-of-deceased-persons-order-1986/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-insolvent-estates-of-deceased-persons-order-1986/article-3.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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The provisions of the Act specified in Parts II and III of Schedule 1 to this Order shall apply to the administration in bankruptcy of the insolvent estates of deceased persons dying before the making of a bankruptcy application or presentation of a bankruptcy petition with the modifications specified in those Parts and with any further such modifications as may be necessary to render them applicable to the estate of a deceased person and in particular with the modifications specified in Part I of that Schedule, and the provisions of the Rules, the Insolvency Regulations 1986 and any order made under section 415 of the Act (fees and deposits) shall apply accordingly.\n(2) In the case of any conflict between any provision of the Rules and any provision of this Order, the latter provision shall prevail.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 29.12.1986, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1994."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1999/article/3",
    "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."
}