{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/schedule-B1/paragraph-76",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/schedule-B1/paragraph-76.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/B1/paragraph/76",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Automatic end of administration",
  "text": "(1) The appointment of an administrator shall cease to have effect at the end of the period of one year beginning with the date on which it takes effect.\n(2) But—\n(a) on the application of an administrator the court may by order extend his term of office for a specified period, and\n(b) an administrator’s term of office may be extended for a specified period not exceeding one year by consent.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. B1 inserted (15.9.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 248(2), 279, Sch. 16 (with s. 249(1)-(3)(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. B1 para. 76(2)(b) substituted (26.5.2015) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), ss. 127, 164(3)(i)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. B1 paras. 70-79 modified (5.7.2018) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 5 Pts. 1, 2; S.I. 2018/805, reg. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. B1 excluded in part (E.W.) (15.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/205), regs. 2(2), 5(2) (with reg. 64)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/45/schedule/B1/paragraph/76",
    "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."
}