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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2009/rule-247",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/356",
  "legislation_title": "The Bank Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2009",
  "path": "rule/247",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "247",
  "heading": "Preliminary",
  "text": "(1) The rules in this Part relate to the declaration and payment of dividends in a bank insolvency.\n(2) In this Part—\n“creditors” means those creditors of the bank of whom the bank liquidator is aware, or who are identified in the bank’s statement of affairs and\n“the insolvent” means the bank.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 247 in force at 25.2.2009, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/356/rule/247",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:17:34.546410+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."
}