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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-rules-1986/rule-1.1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1915",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-rules-1986",
  "path": "rule/1.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1.1",
  "heading": "Scope of this Part; interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Rules in this Part apply where, pursuant to Part I of the Act, it is intended to make and there is made a proposal to a company and to its creditors for a voluntary arrangement, that is to say, a composition in satisfaction of its debts or a scheme of arrangement of its affairs.\n(2) In this Part -\n(a) Chapter 2 applies where the proposal for a voluntary arrangement is made by the directors of the company, and neither is the company in liquidation nor is an administration order under Part II of the Act in force in relation to it;\n(b) Chapter 3 applies where the company is in liquidation or an administration order is in force and the proposal is made by the liquidator or (as the case may be) the administrator, he in either case being the nominee for the purposes of the proposal;\n(c) Chapter 4 applies in the same case as Chapter 3, but where the nominee is an insolvency practitioner other than the liquidator or administrator; and\n(d) Chapters 5 and 6 apply in all of the three cases mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) above.\n(3) In Chapters 3, 4 and 5 the liquidator or the administrator is referred to as the “responsible insolvency practitioner”.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "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"
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    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
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      "affecting_title": "Limited Liability Partnerships (Scotland) Regulations 2001"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:39:01.712831+00:00"
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  "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."
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