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Rule 6.136 Release of official receiverI1

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)
(1)

The official receiver shall, before giving notice to the Secretary of State under section 299(2) (that the administration of the estate is for practical purposes complete), send out notice of his intention to do so to all creditors F1of which he is aware, and to the bankrupt.

(2)

The notice shall in each case be accompanied by a summary of the official receiver's receipts and payments as trustee.

(3)

The Secretary of State, when he has under section 299(2) determined the date from which the official receiver is to have his release, shall give notice to the court that he has done so. The notice shall be accompanied by the summary referred to in paragraph (2).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in rule 6.136(1) substituted (1.4.2004) by The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2004 (S.I. 2004/584), rules 1(2), 30

Commencement

I1

Rule 6.136 in force at 29.12.1986, see rule 0.1