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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-reform-insolvency-scotland-order-2016/article-15",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/141",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Services Reform (Insolvency) (Scotland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-reform-insolvency-scotland-order-2016",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where this article applies, subject to article 1(3) the Act continues to have effect on and after the day mentioned in article 1(4) as if the amendments made by articles 4 and 8 to 10 had not been made.\n(2) This article applies where, in a receivership, a receiver is appointed in respect of a company under section 51 of the Act before the day mentioned in article 1(4).\n(3) This article applies where a company goes into liquidation upon a resolution for voluntary winding up passed before the day mentioned in article 1(4).\n(4) This article applies where—\n(a) there is an application for the appointment of a provisional liquidator under section 135 of the Act; or\n(b) a company goes into liquidation on the making of a winding up order,\non a winding up petition presented before the day mentioned in article 1(4).\n(5) This article applies where—\n(a) there is an application for the appointment of a provisional liquidator under section 135 of the Act; or\n(b) a company goes into liquidation on the making of a winding up order,\non a winding up petition presented on or after the day mentioned in article 1(4) if, at the time the winding up petition is presented, the company is in liquidation upon a resolution for voluntary winding up passed before the day mentioned in article 1(4).\n(6) In this article—\n“resolution for voluntary winding up” includes a resolution which is deemed to occur by virtue of—\n(a)paragraph 83(6)(b) of Schedule B1 of the Act (administration); ...\n(b)...\n“winding up petition” includes an administration application under paragraph 12 of Schedule B1 to the Act which the court treats as a winding up petition under paragraph 13(1)(e) of that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 15(1) substituted (1.8.2017) by The Public Services Reform (Corporate Insolvency and Bankruptcy) (Scotland) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/209), arts. 1(2), 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 15(6) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/94), regs. 1, 6 (with reg. 9) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/337, regs. 1, 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 15 in force at 1.4.2016, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/141/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:24:20.447403+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."
}