{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-rules-1986/rule-4.16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-rules-1986/rule-4.16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1915",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-rules-1986",
  "path": "rule/4.16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4.16",
  "heading": "Application of the Bankruptcy Act",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions in this Chapter, the following provisions of the Bankruptcy Act shall apply in relation to a liquidation of a company in like manner as they apply in a sequestration of a debtor's estate, subject to the modifications specified in paragraph (2) and to any other necessary modifications:-\n(a) section 22(5) and (10) (criminal offence in relation to producing false claims or evidence);\n(b) section 48(5), (6) and (8), together with sections 44(2) and (3) and 47(1) as applied by those sections (further evidence in relation to claims);\n(c) section 49 (adjudication of claim);\n(d) section 50 (entitlement to vote and draw dividend);\n(e) section 60 (liabilities and rights of co-obligants); and\n(f) Schedule 1 except paragraphs 2, 4 and 6 (determination of amount of creditor's claim).\n(2) For any reference in the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act, as applied by these Rules, to any expression in column 1 below, there shall be substituted a reference to the expression in column 2 opposite thereto -\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nInterim trustee\nLiquidator\nPermanent trustee\nLiquidator\nSequestration\nLiquidation\nDate of sequestration\nDate of commencement of winding up within the meaning of section 129\nDebtor\nCompany\nDebtor's assets\nCompany's assets\nAccountant in Bankruptcy\nThe court\nCommissioners\nLiquidation committee\nSheriff\nThe court\nPreferred debts\nPreferential debts within the meaning of section 386",
  "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": "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": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/2584",
      "affecting_title": "The Building Society Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1915/rule/4.16",
    "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."
}