{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018/article-5.31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018/article-5.31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/719",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018",
  "path": "article/5.31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5.31",
  "heading": "Postponement or cancellation of dividend",
  "text": "(1) The housing administrator may postpone or cancel the dividend in the period of two months from the last date for proving if an application is made to the court for the housing administrator’s decision on a proof to be reversed or varied, or for a proof to be excluded, or for a reduction of the amount claimed.\n(2) The housing administrator may postpone a dividend if the housing administrator considers that, due to the nature of the affairs of the person to whom the proceedings relate, there is real complexity in admitting or rejecting proofs of claims submitted.\n(3) Where the dividend is postponed or cancelled a new notice under rule 5.26 will be required if the dividend is paid subsequently.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 5.31 in force at 5.7.2018, see rule 1.1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/719/article/5.31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:44.383213+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."
}