{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-3.67",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-3.67.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/3.67",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.67",
  "heading": "Deceased administrator",
  "text": "(1) If the administrator dies a notice of the fact and date of death must be filed with the court.\n(2) The notice must be filed as soon as reasonably practicable by one of the following—\n(a) a surviving administrator;\n(b) a member of the deceased administrator's firm (if the deceased was a member or employee of a firm);\n(c) an officer of the deceased administrator's company (if the deceased was an officer or employee of a company); or\n(d) a personal representative of the deceased administrator.\n(3) If such a notice has not been filed within the 21 days following the administrator's death then any other person may file the notice.\n(4) The person who files the notice must also deliver a notice to the registrar of companies which contains—\n(a) identification details for the proceedings;\n(b) the name of the person who made the appointment or the administration application, as the case may be;\n(c) the date of the appointment of the administrator; and\n(d) the fact and date of death.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rules 3.59-3.70 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/229), rules 1, 5, 51-60, Sch. (with rule 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/3.67",
    "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."
}