{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-6.144",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-6.144.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1925",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986",
  "path": "rule/6.144",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.144",
  "heading": "Loss of qualification as insolvency practitioner",
  "text": "(1) This Rule applies where the trustee vacates office, under section 298(6), on his ceasing to be qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the bankrupt.\n(2) [FORM 6.51] The trustee vacating office shall forthwith give notice of his doing so to the official receiver, who shall give notice to the Secretary of State.\nThe official receiver shall file in court a copy of his notice under this paragraph.\n(3) Rule 6.135 applies as regards the trustee obtaining his release, as if he had been removed by the court.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 6.144 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/6.144",
    "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."
}