{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-amendment-rules-2017/article-40",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/366",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-amendment-rules-2017",
  "path": "article/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Blank proxy",
  "text": "In rule 16.3—\n(a) for paragraph (2) substitute—\n“(2) A blank proxy must state that the creditor, member or contributory named in the document (when completed) appoints a person who is named or identified as the proxy-holder of the creditor, member or contributory.”;\n(b) in paragraph (3)(b), omit “and”;\n(c) for paragraph (c), substitute—\n“(c) a statement that the proxy is either—\n(i) for a specific meeting, which is identified in the proxy, or\n(ii) a continuing proxy for the proceedings; and\n(d) if the proxy is for a specific meeting, instructions as to the extent to which the proxy holder is directed to vote in a particular way, to abstain or to propose any resolution.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/366/article/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:13:09.875588+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."
}