{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-scotland-rules-2016/article-105",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-scotland-rules-2016/article-105.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/900",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Administration (Scotland) Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-scotland-rules-2016",
  "path": "article/105",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "105",
  "heading": "Disposal of company’s books, papers and other records",
  "text": "(1) Where a company has been the subject of postal administration proceedings (“the original proceedings”) which have terminated and other insolvency proceedings (“the subsequent proceedings”) have commenced in relation to that company, the postal administrator appointed in relation to the original proceedings, shall, before the expiry of the later of—\n(a) the period of 30 days following a request to the postal administrator to do so by the responsible insolvency practitioner appointed in relation to the subsequent proceedings; or\n(b) the period of 6 months after the company entered postal administration,\ndeliver to the responsible insolvency practitioner appointed in relation to the subsequent proceedings the books, papers and other records of the company.\n(2) The postal administrator shall dispose of the books, papers and records of the company in accordance with the directions of the court or, if by the date which is 12 months after dissolution of the company no such directions have been given, the postal administrator may do so after that date in such a way as the postal administrator deems appropriate.\n(3) The postal administrator or former postal administrator shall within 14 days of a request by the Secretary of State give the Secretary of State particulars of any money in the postal administrator’s hands or under the postal administrator’s control representing unclaimed or undistributed assets of the company or dividends or other sums due to any person as a member or former member of the company.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 105 in force at 1.10.2016, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/900/article/105",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:15.032343+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."
}