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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-rules-1989/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/397",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-rules-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules make detailed amendments to the Insolvency Rules 1986 (as amended by the Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 1987), which set out detailed procedures for the conduct of all company and individual insolvency proceedings in England and Wales under the Insolvency Act 1986. These Rules apply to all insolvency proceedings to which the Insolvency Rules 1986 apply on and after 3rd April 1989, whether or not those proceedings were commenced before, on or after that date.\nThe amendments–\n(a) are consequential on the coming into force on 3rd April 1989 of section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33); and\n(b) provide for an increase in the remuneration payable to shorthand writers appointed in insolvency proceedings.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/397/note",
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  "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."
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