{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvent-companies-disqualification-of-unfit-directors-proceedings-rules-1987/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2023",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvent Companies (Disqualification of Unfit Directors) Proceedings Rules 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvent-companies-disqualification-of-unfit-directors-proceedings-rules-1987",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Endorsement on summons",
  "text": "There shall on the summons be endorsed information to the respondent as follows—\n(a) that the application is made in accordance with these Rules;\n(b) that, in accordance with the relevant enactments, the court has power to impose disqualifications as follows—\n(i) where the application is under section 7 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act, for a period of not less than 2, and up to 15, years; and\n(ii) where the application is under section 8 of that Act, for a period of up to 15 years;\n(c) that the application for a disqualification order may, in accordance with these Rules, be heard and determined summarily, without further or other notice to the respondent, and that, if it is so heard and determined, the court may impose disqualification for a period of up to 5 years;\n(d) that if at the hearing of the application the court, on the evidence then before it, is minded to impose, in the respondent’s case, disqualification for any period longer than 5 years, it will not make a disqualification order on that occasion but will adjourn the application to be heard (with further evidence, if any) at a later date to be notified; and\n(e) that any evidence which the respondent wishes to be taken into consideration by the court must be filed in court in accordance with the time limits imposed under Rule 6 (the provisions of which shall be set out on the summons).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/317",
      "affecting_title": "The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1090",
      "affecting_title": "Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1367",
      "affecting_title": "The Insolvent Companies (Disqualification of Unfit Directors) Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2023/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:17:09.084650+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."
}