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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-receivership-and-winding-up-rules-2018/part-10/chapter-3/article-10n3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/347",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Scotland) (Receivership and Winding up) Rules 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-receivership-and-winding-up-rules-2018",
  "path": "part/10/chapter/3/article/10n3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10.3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A committee in a receivership must have at least 3 members but not more than 5 members.\n(2) A liquidation committee in a creditors' voluntary winding up appointed pursuant to section 101 must have at least 3 members.\n(3) A liquidation committee in a winding up by the court established under section 142 must have—\n(a) at least 3 and not more than 5 members elected by the creditors; and\n(b) where the grounds on which the company was wound up do not include inability to pay its debts, and where the contributories so decide, up to 3 contributory members elected by the contributories.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "In section 101 subsection (1) was substituted by paragraph 25(2) of schedule 9 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26) (“the 2015 Act”) and subsection (3) was amended by paragraph 25(3) of that schedule."
    },
    {
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "In section 142 subsections (1) to (4) were substituted by paragraph 37(2) of schedule 9 to the 2015 Act and subsection (6) was amended by paragraph 37(3) of that schedule."
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  "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."
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