{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-4.157",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-4.157.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1925",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986",
  "path": "rule/4.157",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4.157",
  "heading": "The chairman at meetings",
  "text": "(1) The chairman at any meeting of the liquidation committee shall be the liquidator, or a person nominated by him to act.\n(2) A person so nominated must be either—\n(a) one who is qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the company, or\n(b) an employee of the liquidator or his firm who is experienced in insolvency matters.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4.157 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"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1925/rule/4.157",
    "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."
}