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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvent-companies-reports-on-conduct-of-directors-rules-1996/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1909",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvent Companies (Reports on Conduct of Directors) Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvent-companies-reports-on-conduct-of-directors-rules-1996",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Enforcement of section 7(4)",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where under section 7(4) of the Act (power to call on liquidators, former liquidators and others to provide information) the Secretary of State or the official receiver requires or has required a person:—\n(a) to furnish him with information with respect to a person’s conduct as director or shadow director of a company, and\n(b) to produce and permit inspection of relevant books, papers and other records.\n(2) On the application of the Secretary of State or (as the case may be) the official receiver, the court may make an order directing compliance within such period as may be specified.\n(3) The court’s order may provide that all costs of and incidental to the application shall be borne by the person to whom the order is directed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1090",
      "affecting_title": "Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/317",
      "affecting_title": "The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1909/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:27.306530+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."
}