{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/629",
  "legislation_title": "The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Ancillary provisions about delivery of SMCL administrator’s proposals",
  "text": "(1) Where the court orders, on an application by the SMCL administrator under paragraph 107 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act, an extension of the period in paragraph 49(5) of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act for delivering copies of the statement of proposals, the SMCL administrator must as soon as reasonably practicable after the making of the order—\n(a) deliver a notice of the extension to every creditor of the SMCL and every member of the SMCL of whose address (in either case) the SMCL administrator is aware; and\n(b) deliver a copy of the notice of the extension to the registrar of companies.\n(2) The notice mentioned in paragraph (1) must—\n(a) be headed “Notice of extension of time period”;\n(b) include immediately below the heading—\n(i) details of the court where the proceedings are and the relevant court reference number; and\n(ii) the full name, registered address, registered number and any other trading names of the SMCL; and\n(c) state the date to which the court has ordered an extension.\n(3) Where the SMCL administrator wishes to publish a notice under paragraph 49(6) of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act, the notice must—\n(a) be advertised in such manner as the SMCL administrator thinks fit; and\n(b) be published as soon as reasonably practicable after the SMCL administrator has delivered the statement of proposals to the SMCL’s creditors but no later than 8 weeks (or such other period as may be agreed by the creditors or as the court may order) from the date on which the SMCL entered SMCL administration.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/629/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:12.067094+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."
}