{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-384",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-384.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "section/384",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "384",
  "heading": "“Prescribed” and “the rules”.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the next subsection and sections 342C(7) and 342F(9) in Chapter V of Part IX, “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules; and “the rules” means rules made under section 412 in Part XV.\n(2) References in this Group of Parts to the amount prescribed for the purposes of any of the following provisions—\nsection 251S(4);\n...\nsection 313A;\nsection 346(3);\nsection 354(1) and (2);\nsection 358;\nsection 360(1);\nsection 361(2); . . .\nsection 364(2)(d),\nparagraphs 6 to 8 of Schedule 4ZA,\nand references in those provisions to the prescribed amount are to be read in accordance with section 418 in Part XV and orders made under that section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 384(1) inserted (26.3.2002 for specified purposes, otherwise 6.4.2002) by 1999 c. 30, s. 84(1), Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 72: S.I. 2002/818, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 384(2) inserted (24.2.2009 for certain purposes otherwise 6.4.2009) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 108(3), 148(5), Sch. 20 para. 4(a); S.I. 2009/382, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 384(1) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 19 para. 54; S.I. 2016/191, art. 2 (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 384(2) inserted (1.4.2004) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 261(5), 279 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 384(2) omitted (24.2.2009 for certain purposes otherwise 6.4.2009) by virtue of Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 108(3), 148(5), Sch. 20 para. 4(b); S.I. 2009/382 {art. 2}"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 384(2) inserted (24.2.2009 for certain purposes otherwise 6.4.2009) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 108(3), 148(5), Sch. 20 para. 4(c); S.I. 2009/382, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 384 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/384",
    "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."
}