{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-263M",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-263M.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "section/263M",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "263M",
  "heading": "Making of bankruptcy order",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where an adjudicator makes a bankruptcy order as a result of a bankruptcy application.\n(2) The order must be made in the prescribed form.\n(3) The adjudicator must—\n(a) give a copy of the order to the debtor, and\n(b) give notice of the order to persons of such description as may be prescribed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 9 Ch. A1 inserted (25.4.2013 for specified purposes, 6.4.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(1)(i)(3), Sch. 18; S.I. 2016/191, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/45/section/263M",
    "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."
}