{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-receivership-and-winding-up-rules-2018/part-3/chapter-2/article-3n11",
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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/3/chapter/2/article/3n11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3.10",
  "heading": "Application by former liquidator to the Accountant of Court for release (section 173(2)(b))",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies to a liquidator who—\n(a) is removed by the court;\n(b) vacates office on ceasing to be qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the company; or\n(c) vacates office in consequence of the court making a winding-up order against the company.\n(2) Where the former liquidator applies to the Accountant of Court for release the application must contain—\n(a) identification details for the insolvency proceedings;\n(b) identification and contact details for the former liquidator;\n(c) details of the circumstances under which the former liquidator has ceased to act as liquidator; and\n(d) a statement that the former liquidator is applying to the Accountant of Court for a certificate of the former liquidator's release as liquidator as a result of the circumstances specified in the application.\n(3) The application must be authenticated and dated by the former liquidator.\n(4) When the Accountant of Court gives a release, the Accountant of Court must deliver—\n(a) a certificate of the release to the former liquidator; and\n(b) a notice of the release to AiB.\n(5) Release is effective from the date of the certificate or such other date as the certificate specifies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "A new section 173(2)(b) is prospectively inserted by paragraph 44(2) of schedule 9 of the 2015 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/347/part/3/chapter/2/article/3n11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:10:16.461516+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."
}