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Rule 7.13 Applications for transferI1

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)

An application by the official receiver for proceedings to be transferred shall be made with a report by him—

(a)

setting out the reasons for the transfer, and

(b)

including a statement either that the petitioner consents to the transfer, or that he has been given at least 14 days' notice of the official receiver's application.

(2)

If the court is satisfied from the official receiver's report that the proceedings can be conducted more conveniently in another court, the proceedings shall be transferred to that court.

(3)

Where an application for the transfer of proceedings is made otherwise than by the official receiver, at least 14 days' notice of the application shall be given by the applicant—

(a)

to the official receiver attached to the court in which the proceedings are pending, and

(b)

to the official receiver attached to the court to which it is proposed that they should be transferred.

Annotations

Commencement

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Rule 7.13 in force at 29.12.1986, see rule 0.1