{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-rules-2013/rule-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-rules-2013/rule-97.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/3208",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Administration Rules 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-rules-2013",
  "path": "rule/97",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act to disapply section 176A of the 1986 Act",
  "text": "(1) An application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act shall be accompanied by a witness statement by the postal administrator.\n(2) The witness statement shall state—\n(a) that the application arises in the course of a postal administration under the 2011 Act;\n(b) a summary of the financial position of the company;\n(c) the information substantiating the postal administrator’s view that the cost of making a distribution to unsecured creditors would be disproportionate to the benefits; and\n(d) whether any other postal administrator is acting in relation to the company and if so their address.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 97 in force at 31.1.2014, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3208/rule/97",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:31:29.914042+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."
}