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Rule 4.32 Notice requiring statement of affairsI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • rule 4.54(5-CVL) substituted for rule 4.54(5) by Insolvency 2010 Sch. 1 para. 179(5)

(NO CVL APPLICATION)

(1)

The following applies where the official receiver determines[FORM 4.16] to require a statement of the company's affairs to be made out and submitted to him in accordance with section 131.

(2)

He shall send notice to each of the persons whom he considers should be made responsible under that section, requiring them to prepare and submit the statement.

(3)

The persons to whom that notice is sent are referred to in this Chapter as “the deponents”.

(4)

The notice shall inform each of the deponents—

(a)

of the names and addresses of all others (if any) to whom the same notice has been sent;

(b)

of the time within which the statement must be delivered;

(c)

of the effect of section 131(7) (penalty for non-compliance); and

(d)

of the application to him, and to each of the other deponents, of section 235 (duty to provide information, and to attend on the official receiver if required).

(5)

The official receiver shall, on request, furnish a deponent with instructions for the preparation of the statement and with the forms required for that purpose.

Annotations

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Rule 4.32 in force at 29.12.1986, see rule 0.1