{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-7.40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-7.40.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/7.40",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7.40",
  "heading": "Notice requiring statement of affairs (section 131)",
  "text": "(1) Where, under section 131, the official receiver requires a nominated person to provide the official receiver with a statement of the affairs of the company, the official receiver must deliver a notice to that person.\n(2) The notice must be headed “Notice requiring statement of affairs” and must—\n(a) identify the company immediately below the heading;\n(b) require a nominated person to prepare and submit to the official receiver a statement of affairs of the company;\n(c) inform the nominated person—\n(i) of the names and addresses of any other nominated person to whom such a notice has been delivered, and\n(ii) of the date by which the statement must be delivered; and\n(d) state the effect of section 131(7) (penalty for non-compliance) and section 235 (duty to co-operate) as it applies to the official receiver.\n(3) The official receiver must inform the nominated person that a document for the preparation of the statement of affairs capable of completion in compliance with rule 7.41 can be supplied by the official receiver if requested.",
  "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/7.40",
    "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."
}