{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/schedule-B1/paragraph-79",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/schedule-B1/paragraph-79.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/B1/paragraph/79",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Court ending administration on application of administrator",
  "text": "(1) On the application of the administrator of a company the court may provide for the appointment of an administrator of the company to cease to have effect from a specified time.\n(2) The administrator of a company shall make an application under this paragraph if—\n(a) he thinks the purpose of administration cannot be achieved in relation to the company,\n(b) he thinks the company should not have entered administration, or\n(c) the company's creditors decide that he must make an application under this paragraph.\n(3) The administrator of a company shall make an application under this paragraph if—\n(a) the administration is pursuant to an administration order, and\n(b) the administrator thinks that the purpose of administration has been sufficiently achieved in relation to the company.\n(4) On an application under this paragraph the court may—\n(a) adjourn the hearing conditionally or unconditionally;\n(b) dismiss the application;\n(c) make an interim order;\n(d) make any order it thinks appropriate (whether in addition to, in consequence of or instead of the order applied for).",
  "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. 79(2)(c) substituted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2017 for E.W. in so far as not already in force, 6.4.2019 for S. in so far as not already in force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 9 para. 10(29); S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(d); S.I. 2016/1020, reg. 4(e) (with reg. 5) (as amended by S.I. 2017/363, reg. 3); S.I. 2019/816, reg. 4(c) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "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 para. 79 applied (with modifications) (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), regs. 2, 37 (with reg. 5) (as amended (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1399, regs. 1(2), 4, 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. B1 para. 79 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (15.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/205), regs. 2(2), 5(1), 26 (with reg. 64)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "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/79",
    "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."
}