{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-6.237",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-6.237.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1925",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986",
  "path": "rule/6.237",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.237",
  "heading": "Bankrupt’s Home—Notification of property falling within section 283A",
  "text": "(1) Where it appears to a trustee that section 283A(1) applies, the trustee shall give notice in [FORM 4.22]Form 6.83 as soon as reasonably practicable to—\n(a) the bankrupt;\n(b) the bankrupt’s spouse or civil partner (in a case falling within section 283A(1)(b)); and\n(c) a former spouse or former civil partner of the bankrupt (in a case falling within section 283A(1)(c)).\n(2) A notice under paragraph (1) shall contain—\n(a) the name of the bankrupt;\n(b) the address of the dwelling-house; and\n(c) if the dwelling-house is registered land, the title number.\n(3) A trustee shall not give notice under paragraph (1) any later than 14 days before the expiry of the three year period under section 283A(2) or 283A(5).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rules 6.237-6.237E substituted for rule 6.327 (1.4.2004) by The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1730), rule 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 51"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 6.237(1)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2114), art. 1, Sch. 18 para. 1(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 6.237(1)(c) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2114), art. 1, Sch. 18 para. 1(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "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/6.237",
    "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."
}