{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-6.154",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-6.154.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1925",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986",
  "path": "rule/6.154",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.154",
  "heading": "The chairman at meetings",
  "text": "(1) The chairman at any meeting of the creditors' committee shall be the trustee, or a person appointed by him in writing 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 bankrupt, or\n(b) an employee of the trustee or his firm who is experienced in insolvency matters.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 6.154 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/6.154",
    "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."
}