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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/schedule-4A/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/schedule-4A/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/4A/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Timing of application for order",
  "text": "(1) An application for a bankruptcy restrictions order in respect of a bankrupt must be made—\n(a) before the end of the period of one year beginning with the date on which the bankruptcy commences, or\n(b) with the permission of the court.\n(2) The period specified in sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall cease to run in respect of a bankrupt while the period set for his discharge is suspended under section 279(3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4A inserted (1.4.2004) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 257(2), 279, Sch. 20 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/45/schedule/4A/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:34:54.608720+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."
}