{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-12.29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-12.29.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1024",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016",
  "path": "rule/12.29",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12.29",
  "heading": "Evidence provided by the official receiver, an insolvency practitioner or a special manager",
  "text": "(1) Where in insolvency proceedings a witness statement is made by an office-holder, the office-holder must state—\n(a) the capacity in which the office-holder is acting; and\n(b) the office-holder's address.\n(2) The following may file a report with the court instead of a witness statement in all insolvency proceedings—\n(a) the official receiver; and\n(b) the adjudicator.\n(3) The following may file a report with the court instead of a witness statement unless the application involves other parties or the court otherwise directs—\n(a) an administrator;\n(b) a provisional liquidator;\n(c) a liquidator;\n(d) an interim receiver;\n(e) a trustee; ...\n(f) a special manager ; and\n(g) a monitor.\n(4) Where a report is filed instead of a witness statement, the report must be treated for the purpose of rule 12.28 and any hearing before the court as if it were a witness statement.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 12.29(3)(e) omitted (1.10.2021) by virtue of The Insolvency (England and Wales) (No.2) (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/1028), rules 1, 47(a) (with rules 4, 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 12.29(3)(f) inserted (1.10.2021) by The Insolvency (England and Wales) (No.2) (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/1028), rules 1, 47(b) (with rules 4, 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 12.29(3)(g) inserted (1.10.2021) by The Insolvency (England and Wales) (No.2) (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/1028), rules 1, 47(c) (with rules 4, 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rule 12.29 applied (with modifications) (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 47 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Rules 12.27-12.29 applied (with modifications) (30.9.2021) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(2A), Sch. 1A paras. 1(4)(5), 35, 38 (as inserted by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Administration) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1048), arts. 1(1), 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Rules 12.6-12.31 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/229), rules 1, 5, 62-73, Sch. (with rule 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/12.29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:19:01.539785+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."
}