Rule 6.175 Trustee's notice of disclaimer

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

rules 11.01-11.13 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rule 6(10)-CP(3) substituted by Insolvency 2000 rule 5
rule 4.056-CVL(2) words inserted by Insolvency 2006 Sch. 1 para. 22
rule 4.228A-4.228E inserted by Insolvency 2008 rule 5
rules 2.028-2.110 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 2.114-2.115 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 2.119-2.130 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 4.027-4.029 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 4.031-4.034 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 4.197-4.204 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.05-7.07 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.09-7.14 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.19-7.22 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.24-7.30 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.34-7.42 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.50-7.54 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 12.01-12.22 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rule 7. 13B(2) word omitted by Insolvency 2023 rule 37(1)

(1)

Where the trustee disclaims property under Article 288, the notice of disclaimer shall contain such particulars of the property disclaimed as enable it to be easily identified.FORM 6.64

(2)

The notice shall be signed by the trustee and filed in court, with a copy. The court shall secure that both the notice and the copy are sealed and endorsed with the date of filing.

(3)

The copy notice, so sealed and endorsed, shall be returned by the court to the trustee as follows—

(a)

if the notice has been delivered at the office of the court by the trustee in person, it shall be handed to him,

(b)

if it has been delivered by some person acting on the trustee's behalf, it shall be handed to that person, for immediate transmission to the trustee, and

(c)

otherwise, it shall be sent to the trustee by first class post.

(4)

The court shall cause to be endorsed on the original notice, or otherwise recorded on the file, the manner in which the copy notice was returned to the trustee.

(5)

For the purposes of Article 288, the date of the prescribed notice is that which is endorsed on it, and on the copy, in accordance with this Rule.

[E.R.6.178]