{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-16.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-16.2.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/16.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16.2",
  "heading": "Specific and continuing proxies",
  "text": "(1) A “proxy” is a document made by a creditor, member or contributory which directs or authorises another person (“the proxy-holder”) to act as the representative of the creditor, member or contributory at a meeting or meetings by speaking, voting, abstaining, or proposing resolutions.\n(2) A proxy may be either—\n(a) a specific proxy which relates to a specific meeting; or\n(b) a continuing proxy for the insolvency proceedings.\n(3) A specific proxy must—\n(a) direct the proxy-holder how to act at the meeting by giving specific instructions;\n(b) authorise the proxy-holder to act at the meeting without specific instructions; or\n(c) contain both direction and authorisation.\n(4) A proxy is to be treated as a specific proxy for the meeting which is identified in the proxy unless it states that it is a continuing proxy for the insolvency proceedings.\n(5) A continuing proxy must authorise the proxy-holder to attend, speak, vote or abstain, or to propose resolutions without giving the proxy-holder any specific instructions how to do so.\n(6) A continuing proxy may be superseded by a proxy for a specific meeting or withdrawn by a written notice to the office-holder.\n(7) A creditor, member or contributory may appoint more than one person to be proxy-holder but if so—\n(a) their appointment is as alternates; and\n(b) only one of them may act as proxy-holder at a meeting.\n(8) The proxy-holder must be an individual.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rules 16.1-16.7 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/229), rules 1, 5, 138, 139, Sch. (with rule 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/16.2",
    "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."
}