# The Insolvency Rules 1986, Rule 4.226: Preliminary

Extent: E+W

The Rules in this Chapter—
(a) relate to the leave required under section 216 (restriction on reuse of name of company in insolvent liquidation) for a person to act as mentioned in section 216(3) in relation to a company with a prohibited name, ...
(b) prescribe the cases excepted from that provision, that is to say, those in which a person to whom the section applies may so act without that leave , and
(c) apply to all windings up to which section 216 applies, whether or not the winding up commenced before the coming into force of the Rules.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1925/rule/4.226 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-4.226
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