{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/schedule-2/part-27/paragraph-Rule2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/schedule-2/part-27/paragraph-Rule2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/27/paragraph/Rule2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "Rule 2",
  "heading": "Request and list of creditors",
  "text": "(1) A debtor who desires to obtain an administration order under Part VI of the Act shall file a request in that behalf at the County Court hearing centre which serves the address where the debtor resides or carries on business.\n(2) Where on ... examination under CPR Part 71, or otherwise, a debtor furnishes to the court on oath a list of ... creditors and the amounts owed to them respectively and sufficient particulars of ... the debtor’s resources and needs, the court may proceed as if the debtor had filed a request under paragraph (1).\n(3) Where a debtor is ordered to furnish a list under section 4 (1)(b) of the said Act of 1971, then, unless otherwise directed, the list shall be filed within 14 days after the making of the order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 CCR Order 39 rule 2(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/867), rules 1, 22(c)(i) (with rule 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 CCR Order 39 rule 2(2) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/867), rules 1, 22(c)(ii)(aa) (with rule 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 CCR Order 39 rule 2(2) substituted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rules 1(c), 19 (with rule 24)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 CCR Order 39 rule 2(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/867), rules 1, 22(c)(ii)(bb) (with rule 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 CCR Order 39 rule 2(2) inserted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/867), rules 1, 22(c)(ii)(cc) (with rule 25)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/schedule/2/part/27/paragraph/Rule2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}