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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-rules-1986/rule-7.20",
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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/7.20",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7.20",
  "heading": "Representation of corporations",
  "text": "(1) Where a person is authorised under section 375 of the Companies Act to represent a corporation at a meeting of creditors or contributories, he shall produce to the chairman of the meeting a copy of the resolution from which he derives his authority.\n(2) The copy resolution must be executed in accordance with the provisions of section 36(3) of the Companies Act, or certified by the secretary or a director of the corporation to be a true copy.",
  "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"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1915/rule/7.20",
    "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."
}