{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-applications-and-decisions-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-applications-and-decisions-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2016/295",
  "legislation_title": "The Bankruptcy (Applications and Decisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-applications-and-decisions-scotland-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Application form: first instance applications to the Accountant in Bankruptcy",
  "text": "(1) An application to AiB under the following provisions of the Act must be made in writing in Form 1 (application to the Accountant in Bankruptcy: general)—\n(a) section 31(1) (recall of sequestration: where the only ground is that the debtor has paid or is able to pay debts in full);\n(b) section 60(3)(a) (objection to election of replacement trustee);\n(c) section 66(7)(a) (trustee replacement in more than one sequestration);\n(d) section 70(2)(a) (removal of trustee);\n(e) section 72(3)(a) (declaration of office of trustee as vacant);\n(f) section 110(4)(b) (contractual powers of trustee);\n(g) section 159(3) (revocation or variation of bankruptcy restrictions order);\n(h) section 212(2)(a) (power of Accountant in Bankruptcy to cure defects in procedure); and\n(i) paragraph 3(3)(b) of schedule 2 (valuing contingent debts).\n(2) Form 1 must also be used (where AiB is the applicant or trustee) for—\n(a) representations under section 66(10) of the Act (trustee replacement in more than one sequestration); and\n(b) representations under section 212(5) of the Act (curing defect in procedure).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 30.11.2016, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/295/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:22:24.899928+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."
}