{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-143",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-143.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "section/143",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "143",
  "heading": "General functions in winding up by the court.",
  "text": "(1) The functions of the liquidator of a company which is being wound up by the court are to secure that the assets of the company are got in, realised and distributed to the company’s creditors and, if there is a surplus, to the persons entitled to it.\n(2) It is the duty of the liquidator of a company which is being wound up by the court in England and Wales, if he is not the official receiver—\n(a) to furnish the official receiver with such information,\n(b) to produce to the official receiver, and permit inspection by the official receiver of, such books, papers and other records, and\n(c) to give the official receiver such other assistance,\nas the official receiver may reasonably require for the purposes of carrying out his functions in relation to the winding up.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 143 applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 8(3)(9), Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 17S. 143 applied (with modifications) (S.) (6.4.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/128, reg. 4(1), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 143 applied (with modifications) (17.2.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 21.2.2009) by Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), ss. 103, 263(1)(2) (with s. 247); S.I. 2009/296, arts. 2, 3, Sch. para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 143 applied (with modifications) (6.6.2013) by The Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1388), Pt. 3 reg. 1, Sch. 2 paras. 3, 5 Table (with reg. 24)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 143 modified (E.W.) (31.1.2019) by The Further Education Bodies (Insolvency) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/138), regs. 1(1), 18 (with regs. 1(2), 3(a)(ii))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Ss. 142-146 applied (with modifications) (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2021/716, Sch. 1 para. 3 (as amended by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1399), regs. 1(2), 20)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/45/section/143",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:55:00.443447+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."
}