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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-rules-1986/rule-2.1",
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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/2.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": "Independent report on company's affairs",
  "text": "(1) Where it is proposed to apply to the court by way of petition for an administration order to be made under section 8 in relation to a company, there may be prepared in support of the petition a report by an independent person to the effect that the appointment of an administrator for the company is expedient.\n(2) The report may be by the person proposed as administrator, or by any other person having adequate knowledge of the company's affairs, not being a director, secretary, manager, member or employee of the company.\n(3) The report shall specify which of the purposes specified in section 8(3) may, in the opinion of the person preparing it, be achieved for the company by the making of an administration order in relation to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "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": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/662",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvency (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2008"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/688",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvency (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2010 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1915/rule/2.1",
    "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."
}