{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-115",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-115.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1989/2405",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989",
  "path": "article/115",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "115",
  "heading": "Appointment and powers of provisional liquidator",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisons of this Article, the High Court may, at any time after the presentation of a winding‐up petition, appoint a liquidator provisionally.\n(2) The appointment of a provisional liquidator may be made at any time before the making of a winding‐up order; and either the official receiver or any other fit person may be appointed.\n(3) The provisional liquidator shall carry out such functions as the High Court may confer on him.\n(4) When a liquidator is provisionally appointed by the High Court, his powers may be limited by the order appointing him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/2405/article/115",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:04.938020+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."
}