{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-13.13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-13.13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1925",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986",
  "path": "rule/13.13",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "13.13",
  "heading": "Expressions used generally",
  "text": "(1) “Business day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in any part of Great Britain under or by virtue of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 except in Rules 1.7., 4.10., 4.11., 4.16., 4.20., 5.10. and 6.23. where “business day” shall include any day which is a bank holiday in Scotland but not in England and Wales.\n(2) “The Department” means the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.\n(3) “File in court and file with the court” means deliver to the court for filing.\n(4) “The Gazette” means the London Gazette.\n(5) “General regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State under Rule 12.1.\n(6) “Practice direction” means a direction as to the practice and procedure of any court within the scope of the CPR.\n(7) “Prescribed order of priority” means the order of priority of payments laid down by Chapter 20 of Part 4 of the Rules, or Chapter 23 of Part 6.\n(8) “Centre of main interests” has the same meaning as in the EC Regulation.\n(9) “Establishment” has the meaning given by Article 2(h) of the EC Regulation.\n(10) “Main proceedings” means proceedings opened in accordance with Article 3(1) of the EC Regulation and falling within the definition of insolvency proceedings in Article 2(a) of the EC Regulation and\n(a) in relation to England and Wales and Scotland set out in Annex A to the EC Regulation under the heading “United Kingdom”, and\n(b) in relation to another member State, set out in Annex A to the EC Regulation under the heading relating to that member State.\n(11) “Member State liquidator” means a person falling within the definition of liquidator in Article 2(b) of the EC Regulation appointed in proceedings to which it applies in a member State other than the United Kingdom.\n(12) “Secondary proceedings” means proceedings opened in accordance with Articles 3(2) and 3(3) of the EC Regulation and falling within the definition of winding-up proceedings in Article 2(c) of the EC Regulation, and\n(a) in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, set out in Annex B to the EC Regulation under the heading “United Kingdom”, and\n(b) in relation to another member State, set out in Annex B to the EC Regulation under the heading relating to that member State.\n(13) “Temporary administrator” means a temporary administrator referred to by Article 38 of the EC Regulation.\n(14) “Territorial proceedings” means proceedings opened in accordance with Articles 3(2) and 3(4) of the EC Regulation and falling within the definition of insolvency proceedings in Article 2(a) of the EC Regulation, and\n(a) in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, set out in Annex A to the EC Regulation under the heading “United Kingdom”, and\n(b) in relation to another member State, set out in Annex A to the EC Regulation under the heading relating to that member State.\n(5) “Prescribed part” has the same meaning as it does in section 176A(2)(a).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 13.13(1) substituted (26.4.1999) by The Insolvency (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/1022), rule 1, Sch. para. 14(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 13.13(2) substituted (12.12.2007) by The Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families, for Innovation, Universities and Skills and for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3224), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 13.13(3) inserted (15.9.2003) by The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1730), rule 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 66(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 13.13(6)(7) substituted(26.4.1999) for rule 13.13(6) by The Insolvency (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/1022), rule 1, Sch. para. 14(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Rule 13.13(8)-(14) inserted (31.5.2002) by The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/1307), rules 1, 10(7) (with rule 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Rule 13.13(15) inserted (15.9.2003) by The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1730), rule 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 66(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 13.13 in force at 29.12.1986, see rule 0.1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for rule 4.54(5)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/686",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1022",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1925/rule/13.13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:38:55.219722+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."
}