{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-insolvency-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-2009/article-198",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/122",
  "legislation_title": "The Bank Insolvency (No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-insolvency-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "article/198",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "198",
  "heading": "Use of reports",
  "text": "(1) Unless the application involves other parties, or the court orders otherwise, a report may be filed in court instead of a witness statement by—\n(a) the bank liquidator;\n(b) the provisional bank liquidator; or\n(c) the special manager.\n(2) In any case where a report is filed instead of a witness statement, the report shall be treated for the purposes of rule 197 and any hearing before the court as if it were a witness statement.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 198 in operation at 1.4.2009, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/122/article/198",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:25.478192+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."
}