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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2003/article-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/549",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to Part 1 of the principal Rules",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), Part 1 of the principal Rules shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to these Rules.\n(2) The amendments to Part 1 of the principal Rules set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to these Rules shall not apply in relation to a voluntary arrangement under Part II of the Order where –\n(a) a proposal is made by the directors of a company and, before the commencement date, the intended nominee has endorsed a copy of the written notice of the proposal under Rule 1.04(3);\n(b) a proposal is made by the liquidator or the administrator (acting as the nominee) and, before the commencement date, the liquidator or administrator (as the case may be) has sent out a notice summoning the meetings under Article 16 of the Order as required by Rule 1.11; or\n(c) a proposal is made by the liquidator or the administrator of a company (not acting as the nominee) and, before the commencement date, the intended nominee has endorsed a copy of the written notice of the proposal under Rule 1.12(2);\nand, in such cases, Part 1 of the principal Rules as it stood before the commencement date shall continue to apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/549/article/5",
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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."
}