{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-278",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-278.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "section/278",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "278",
  "heading": "Commencement and continuance.",
  "text": "The bankruptcy of an individual against whom a bankruptcy order has been made—\n(a) commences with the day on which the order is made, and\n(b) continues until the individual is discharged under ... this Chapter.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 278(b) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 19 para. 11; S.I. 2016/191, art. 2 (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 278 applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/1999, art. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. IIS. 278 applied (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 144(4)(a)(ii) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/45/section/278",
    "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."
}