{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-practitioners-regulations-2005/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-practitioners-regulations-2005/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/524",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Practitioners Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-practitioners-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Records to be maintained by insolvency practitioners",
  "text": "(1) In respect of each case in which an insolvency practitioner acts, the insolvency practitioner shall maintain records containing information sufficient to show and explain—\n(a) the administration of that case by the insolvency practitioner and the insolvency practitioner’s staff; and\n(b) any decisions made by the insolvency practitioner which materially affect that case.\n(2) Where at any time the records referred to in paragraph (1) do not contain all the information referred to in paragraph (1), the insolvency practitioner shall forthwith make such changes to the records as are necessary to ensure that the records contains all such information.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Any records created in relation to a case pursuant to this regulation shall be preserved by the insolvency practitioner until whichever is the later of—\n(a) the sixth anniversary of the date of the grant to the insolvency practitioner of his release or discharge in that case; or\n(b) the sixth anniversary of the date on which any security or caution maintained in that case expires or otherwise ceases to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 13(1) substituted (1.10.2015) by The Insolvency Practitioners (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/391), regs. 1, 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 13(2) substituted (1.10.2015) by The Insolvency Practitioners (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/391), regs. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 13(3)(4) revoked (1.10.2015) by The Insolvency Practitioners (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/391), regs. 1, 3(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/524/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:07:55.145660+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."
}