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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-receivership-and-winding-up-rules-2018/part-5/chapter-6/article-5n33",
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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/5/chapter/6/article/5n33",
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  "number": "5.32",
  "heading": "Application by liquidator for release (section 174(4)(b) or (d))",
  "text": "(1) An application by a former liquidator to the Accountant of Court for release under section 174(4)(b) or (d) must contain—\n(a) identification details for the insolvency proceedings;\n(b) identification and contact details for the former liquidator;\n(c) a statement that the former liquidator is applying to the Accountant of Court to grant the former liquidator a certificate of the former liquidator's release as liquidator as a result of the circumstances specified in the application;\n(d) details of the circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (c) under which the former liquidator has ceased to act as liquidator.\n(2) The application must be authenticated and dated by the former liquidator.\n(3) 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(4) Release is effective from the date of the certificate or such other date as the certificate specifies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/347/part/5/chapter/6/article/5n33",
    "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."
}