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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1925",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Rules set out the detailed procedure for the conduct of all company and individual insolvency proceedings in England and Wales under the Insolvency Act 1986 and otherwise give effect to that Act. The insolvency proceedings concerned are—\ncompany voluntary arrangements (Part 1 of the Rules),\nadministration (Part 2),\nadministrative receivership (Part 3),\ncompanies winding up (Part 4),\nindividual voluntary arrangements (Part 5), and\nbankruptcy (Part 6).\nParts 7 to 13 of the Rules apply to both company and individual insolvency proceedings and are concerned with the following matters—\ncourt procedure and practice (Part 7),\nproxies and company representation (Part 8),\nexamination of persons concerned in company and individual insolvency (Part 9).\nofficial receivers (Part 10),\ndeclaration and payment of dividend (winding up and bankruptcy) (Part 11),\nmiscellaneous and general (Part 12), and interpretation and application (Part 13).\nThe Arrangement of Rules at the beginning of the statutory instrument lists the number and contents of all the Rules and Schedules. The Rules come into force on 29th December 1986 and generally apply to all insolvency proceedings commenced on or after that date. The Rules also apply to such proceedings commenced before that date to which provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 are applied by Schedule 11 of the Act to the extent necessary to give effect to those provisions. In addition, Rules 6.36, 7.11 and 7.34 expressly provide for their application to insolvency proceedings, whenever commenced.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1925/note",
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  "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."
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