{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-practitioners-regulations-1990/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/439",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Practitioners Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-practitioners-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Education and training and experience",
  "text": "(1) The requirements with respect to education and practical training and experience which are prescribed for the purposes of section 393(2)(b) of the Act are set out in regulations 6, 7 and 8 below which shall apply to applicants for authorisation as specified in this regulation.\n(2) Regulation 6 shall apply to all applicants other than an applicant who:–\n(a) was born on or before 15 December 1951; or\n(b) at the relevant time is the holder of an authorisation.\n(3) Regulations 7 and 8 shall apply to all applicants other than an applicant who at the relevant time:–\n(a) is the holder of an authorisation; and\n(b) (i) has been appointed an office-holder in at least one case under the law of England and Wales or Scotland; or\n(ii) has acquired not less than 500 hours of higher insolvency work experience; within the period of three years immediately prior to the relevant time and in determining whether an applicant falls within this sub-paragraph the provisions of regulation 8(2) below shall apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/439/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:26:04.135524+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."
}