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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-rules-northern-ireland-2021/article-40",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Administration Rules (Northern Ireland) 2021",
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  "path": "article/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Debts of insolvent company to rank equally",
  "text": "Debts other than preferential debts rank equally between themselves in the postal administration and, after the preferential debts, shall be paid in full unless the assets are insufficient for meeting them, in which case they abate in equal proportions between themselves.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/257/article/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:37:30.830898+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."
}