{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-329",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-329.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "section/329",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "329",
  "heading": "Debts to spouse.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to bankruptcy debts owed in respect of credit provided by a person who (whether or not the bankrupt’s spouse or civil partner at the time the credit was provided) was the bankrupt’s spouse or civil partner at the commencement of the bankruptcy.\n(2) Such debts—\n(a) rank in priority after the ... interest required to be paid in pursuance of section 328(4), and\n(b) are payable with interest at the rate specified in section 328(5) in respect of the period during which they have been outstanding since the commencement of the bankruptcy;\nand the interest payable under paragraph (b) has the same priority as the debts on which it is payable.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 329(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263, Sch. 27 para. 116; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2) (subject to art. 2(3)-(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 329(2)(a) omitted (19.12.2018) by virtue of The Banks and Building Societies (Priorities on Insolvency) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1244), arts. 1(2), 9(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 329(2)(a) substituted (19.12.2018) by The Banks and Building Societies (Priorities on Insolvency) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1244), arts. 1(2), 9(b) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 329 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1986/1999, art. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. II"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/45/section/329",
    "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."
}