{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-391K",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-391K.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "section/391K",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "391K",
  "heading": "Reprimand: procedure",
  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State proposes to publish a statement under section 391J in respect of a recognised professional body, it must give the body a notice—\n(a) stating that the Secretary of State proposes to publish such a statement and setting out the terms of the proposed statement,\n(b) specifying the acts or omissions to which the proposed statement relates, and\n(c) specifying a period within which the body may make written representations with respect to the proposal.\n(2) The period specified under subsection (1)(c)—\n(a) must begin with the date on which the notice is given to the body, and\n(b) must not be less than 28 days.\n(3) On the expiry of that period, the Secretary of State must decide whether to publish the statement.\n(4) The Secretary of State may vary the proposed statement; but before doing so, the Secretary of State must give the body notice—\n(a) setting out the proposed variation and the reasons for it, and\n(b) specifying a period within which the body may make written representations with respect to the proposed variation.\n(5) The period specified under subsection (4)(b)—\n(a) must begin with the date on which the notice is given to the body, and\n(b) must not be less than 28 days.\n(6) On the expiry of that period, the Secretary of State must decide whether to publish the statement as varied.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 391D-391K and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2015 immediately after 2015 c. 20, s. 17 comes into force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), ss. 139(1), 164(1); S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 13 applied (with modifications) (7.4.2017) by Building Societies Act 1986 (1986 c. 53), Sch. 15A (as amended by S.I. 2017/400, regs. 1(2), 2(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 391A-391T applied (with modifications) (7.4.2017) by Banking Act 2009 (2009 c. 1), s. 145 Table 2 (as amended by S.I. 2017/400, regs. 1(2), 5(10))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 391A-391T applied (with modifications) (7.4.2017) by Banking Act 2009 (2009 c. 1), s. 103 (as amended by S.I. 2017/400, regs. 1(2), 5(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 13 applied (with modifications) (7.4.2017) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (1992 c. 40), Sch. 10 (as amended by S.I. 2017/400, regs. 1(2), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Pt. 13 applied (with modifications) (7.4.2017) by Building Societies Act 1986 (1986 c. 53), Sch. 15 (as amended by S.I. 2017/400, regs. 1(2), 2(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Ss. 390-391T applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), regs. 2, 37 (with reg. 5) (as amended (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1399, regs. 1(2), 4, 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/45/section/391K",
    "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."
}