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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-northern-ireland-1991/rule-6.179",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1991/364",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991",
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  "number": "6.179",
  "heading": "Application for leave to disclaim",
  "text": "(1) Where under Article 288(4) the trustee requires the leave of the court to disclaim property claimed for the bankrupt's estate under Article 280 or 281, he may apply for that leave ex parte.\n(2) The application must be accompanied by a report—\n(a) giving such particulars of the property proposed to be disclaimed as enable it to be easily identified,\n(b) setting out the reasons why, the property having been claimed for the estate, the court's leave to disclaim is now applied for, and\n(c) specifying the persons (if any) who have been informed of the trustee's intention to make the application.\n(3) If it is stated in the report that any person's consent to the disclaimer has been signified, a copy of that consent must be annexed to the report.\n(4) The court may, on consideration of the application, grant the leave applied for; and it may, before granting leave—\n(a) order that notice of the application be given to all such persons who, if the property is disclaimed, will be entitled to apply for a vesting or other order under Article 293, and\n(b) fix a venue for the hearing of the application under Article 288(4).\n[E.R.6.182]",
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