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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-7.27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-7.27.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/7.27",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7.27",
  "heading": "Petition presented by a relevant office-holder",
  "text": "(1) A petition by a relevant office-holder must be expressed to be the petition of the company by the office-holder.\n(2) The petition must contain the particulars required by rule 7.26 (other than paragraph (1)(j) and (k) and the following (as applicable)—\n(a) identification details for the office-holder;\n(b) the full name of the court or hearing centre in which the proceedings are being conducted or where documents relating to the proceedings are filed;\n(c) the court case number;\n(d) the date the insolvency proceedings in respect of which the office-holder holds office commenced; and\n(e) where the office-holder is an administrator, an application under paragraph 79 of Schedule B1, requesting that the appointment of the administrator should cease to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Paragraph 79(2)(c) is amended by paragraph 10(29) of Schedule 9 to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/7.27",
    "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."
}