{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-6.34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-6.34.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1925",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986",
  "path": "rule/6.34",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.34",
  "heading": "Action to follow making of order",
  "text": "(1) At least two sealed copies of the bankruptcy order shall be sent forthwith by the court to the official receiver, who shall forthwith send one of them to the bankrupt.\n(2) [FORM 6.26] Subject to the next paragraph, the official receiver shall—\n(a) send notice of the making of the order to the Chief Land Registrar, for registration in the register of writs and orders affecting land,\n(b) cause the order to be advertised in such local paper as the official receiver thinks fit, and\n(c) cause the order to be gazetted.\n(3) The court may, on the application of the bankrupt or a creditor, order the official receiver to suspend action under paragraph (2) and Rule 6A.4(2), pending a further order of the court.\nAn application under this paragraph shall be supported by an affidavit stating the grounds on which it is made.\n(4) Where an order is made under paragraph (3) the applicant for the order shall forthwith deliver a copy of it to the official receiver.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 6.34(2) substituted (2.4.1991) by The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 1991 (S.I. 1991/495), rule 1, Sch. para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 6.34(3) inserted (22.3.1999) by The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/359), rule 1, Sch. para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 6.34(3) substituted (1.4.2005) by The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/527), rules 1(2), 35"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 6.34 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/6.34",
    "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."
}