# The Insolvency (Scotland) (Receivership and Winding up) Rules 2018, Article 5.28


(1) This rule applies where a decision is made, using a decision procedure, to remove the liquidator.
(2) The convener of the decision procedure or chair of the meeting (as the case may be) must within 3 business days of the decision to remove the liquidator—
(a) deliver the certificate of the liquidator's removal to the court;
(b) deliver a copy of that certificate to AiB; and
(c) if the convener or chair is a person other than the liquidator removed, deliver a copy of the certificate to the liquidator removed.
(3) If the creditors decided to appoint a new liquidator, the certificate of the new liquidator's appointment must also be delivered to the new liquidator within that time; and the certificate must comply with the requirements in rule 5.23.
(4) The certificate of the liquidator's removal must—
(a) identify the company;
(b) identify and provide contact details for the removed liquidator;
(c) state that the creditors of the company decided on the date specified in the certificate that the liquidator specified in the certificate be removed from office as liquidator of the company;
(d) state the decision procedure used, and the decision date;
(e) state that the creditors either—
(i) did not decide against the liquidator being released, or
(ii) decided that the liquidator should not be released; and
(f) be authenticated and dated by the convener or chair.
(5) The liquidator's removal is effective from the date of the certificate of removal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/347/part/5/chapter/6/article/5n29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-receivership-and-winding-up-rules-2018/part-5/chapter-6/article-5n29
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

