# The Insolvency (Scotland) (Receivership and Winding up) Rules 2018, Article 4.20


(1) This rule applies where a person is appointed as liquidator by creditors or the company.
(2) The liquidator's appointment takes effect from the date of the passing of the resolution of the company or, where the creditors decide to appoint a person who is not the person appointed by the company, from the relevant decision date.
(3) Their appointment must be certified by—
(a) the convener or chair of the decision procedure or deemed consent procedure; or
(b) in respect of an appointment by the company the chair of the company meeting or a director or the secretary of the company (in the case of a written resolution).
(4) The person who certifies the appointment must not do so unless and until the proposed liquidator (“the appointee”) has provided that person with a statement of being an insolvency practitioner qualified under the Act to be the liquidator and of consenting to act.
(5) The certificate must be authenticated and dated by the person who certifies the appointment and must contain—
(a) identification details for the company;
(b) identification and contact details for the person appointed as liquidator;
(c) the date of the meeting of the company or conclusion of the decision procedure or deemed consent procedure when the liquidator was appointed;
(d) a statement that the appointee—
(i) has provided a statement of being qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the company,
(ii) has consented to act, and
(iii) was appointed liquidator of the company.
(6) Where 2 or more liquidators are appointed the certificate must also specify (as required by section 231) whether any act required or authorised under any enactment to be done by the liquidator is to be done by all or any one or more of them.
(7) The person who certifies the appointment must deliver the certificate as soon as reasonably practicable to the liquidator.
(8) The liquidator may within 28 days of the liquidator's appointment advertise notice of it (otherwise than in the Gazette) in such manner as the liquidator thinks fit.
(9) The notice must state—
(a) that a liquidator has been appointed; and
(b) the date of the appointment.
(10) In the case of a voluntary winding up where, immediately before the company goes into liquidation, a moratorium under Part A1 of the Act is in force for that company, the liquidator must deliver notice of their appointment to the monitor and such notice must be given within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which liquidator is appointed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/347/part/4/chapter/4/article/4n21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-receivership-and-winding-up-rules-2018/part-4/chapter-4/article-4n21
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