{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-receivership-and-winding-up-rules-2018/part-5/chapter-3/article-5n5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-receivership-and-winding-up-rules-2018/part-5/chapter-3/article-5n5.json",
  "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/5/chapter/3/article/5n5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5.4",
  "heading": "Application for appointment of provisional liquidator (section 135)",
  "text": "(1) An application to the court for the appointment of a provisional liquidator under section 135 may be made by—\n(a) the petitioner;\n(b) a creditor of the company;\n(c) a contributory;\n(d) the company;\n(e) the directors of the company;\n(f) the Secretary of State; or\n(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(i) any person who under any enactment would be entitled to present a petition for the winding up of the company.\n(2) The court must not make the appointment unless and until the person being appointed provisional liquidator has lodged in court a statement to the effect that that person is qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the company and consents to act as provisional liquidator.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 5.4(1)(f) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/146, Sch. para. 137E(a) (as inserted by The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1459), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 5.4(1)(g) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/146, Sch. para. 137E(b) (as inserted by The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1459), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 5.4(1)(h) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/146, Sch. para. 137E(c) (as inserted by The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1459), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/347/part/5/chapter/3/article/5n5",
    "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."
}