{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-14.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-14.3.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/14.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "14.3",
  "heading": "Proving a debt",
  "text": "(1) A creditor wishing to recover a debt must submit a proof to the office-holder unless—\n(a) this rule or an order of the court provides otherwise; or\n(b) it is a members' voluntary winding up in which case the creditor is not required to submit a proof unless the liquidator requires one to be submitted.\n(2) A creditor is deemed to have proved—\n(a) in a winding up immediately preceded by an administration, where the creditor has already proved in the administration; or\n(b) in an administration immediately preceded by a winding up, where the creditor has already proved in the winding up.\n(3) A creditor is deemed to have proved for the purposes of determination and payment of a dividend but not otherwise where—\n(a) the debt is a small debt;\n(b) a notice has been delivered to the creditor of intention to declare a dividend or make a distribution under rule 14.29 which complies with rule 14.31 (further contents of notice to creditors owed small debts); and\n(c) the creditor has not advised the office-holder that the debt is incorrect or not owed in response to the notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rules 14.1-14.24 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/229), rules 1, 5, 86-103, Sch. (with rule 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/14.3",
    "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."
}