{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-17.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-17.8.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/17.8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "17.8",
  "heading": "Vacancies: creditor members of creditors' or liquidation committee",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies if there is a vacancy among the creditor members of a creditors' or liquidation committee or where the number of creditor members of the committee is fewer than the maximum allowed.\n(2) A vacancy need not be filled if—\n(a) the office-holder and a majority of the remaining creditor members agree; and\n(b) the total number of creditor members does not fall below three.\n(3) The office-holder may appoint a creditor, who is qualified under rule 17.4 to be a member of the committee, to fill a vacancy or as an additional member of the committee, if—\n(a) a majority of the remaining creditor members of the committee (provided there are at least two) agree to the appointment; and\n(b) the creditor agrees to act.\n(4) Alternatively, the office-holder may seek a decision from creditors to appoint a creditor (with that creditor's consent) to fill the vacancy.\n(5) Where the vacancy is filled by an appointment made by a decision of creditors which is not convened or chaired by the office-holder, the convener or chair must report the appointment to the office-holder.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/17.8",
    "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."
}