{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-rules-1986/rule-0.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-rules-1986/rule-0.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1915",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-rules-1986",
  "path": "rule/0.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "0.2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules\n“the Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986;\n“the Companies Act” means the Companies Act 1985;\n“the Bankruptcy Act” means the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985;\n“the Rules” means the Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986;\n“accounting period” in relation to the winding up of a company, shall be construed in accordance with section 52(1) and (6) of the Bankruptcy Act as applied by Rule 4.68;\n“business day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in any part of Great Britain;\n“company” means a company which the courts in Scotland have jurisdiction to wind up;\n“insolvency proceedings” means any proceedings under the first group of Parts in the Act or under these Rules;\n“receiver” means a receiver appointed under section 51 (Receivers (Scotland)); and\n“responsible insolvency practitioner” means, in relation to any insolvency proceedings, the person acting as supervisor of a voluntary arrangement under Part I of the Act, or as administrator, receiver, liquidator or provisional liquidator.\n(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference -\n(a) to a section is a reference to a section of the Act;\n(b) to a Rule is a reference to a Rule of the Rules;\n(c) to a Part or a Schedule is a reference to a Part of, or Schedule to, the Rules;\n(d) to a Chapter is a reference to a Chapter of the Part in which that reference is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c.6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1985 c.66."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied 2016 asp 21 s. 14B (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2017/210",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvency (Regulation (EU) 2015/848) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/806",
      "affecting_title": "The Building Society Special Administration (Scotland) Rules 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2001/128",
      "affecting_title": "Limited Liability Partnerships (Scotland) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "specified provisions applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/1388",
      "affecting_title": "The Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) Regulations 2013"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1915/rule/0.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:39:01.712831+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."
}