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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-supply-company-administration-rules-2013/article-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-supply-company-administration-rules-2013/article-49.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1046",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Supply Company Administration Rules 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-supply-company-administration-rules-2013",
  "path": "article/49",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Expunging of proof by the court",
  "text": "(1) The court may expunge a proof or reduce the amount claimed—\n(a) on the energy administrator's application, where the energy administrator thinks that the proof has been improperly admitted, or ought to be reduced; or\n(b) on the application of a creditor, if the energy administrator declines to interfere in the matter.\n(2) Where application is made to the court under this Rule, the court must fix a venue for the application to be heard, notice of which must be sent by the applicant—\n(a) in the case of an application by the energy administrator, to the creditor who made the proof; and\n(b) in the case of an application by a creditor, to the energy administrator and to the creditor who made the proof (if that creditor is not the applicant).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1046/article/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:55:53.710697+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."
}