http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/schedule/4/paragraph/3/2021-09-30The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseINSOLVENCY, ENGLAND AND WALES;COMPANIES, INDIVIDUALS2024-07-02Expert Participation2021-09-30 These Rules set out the detailed procedures for the conduct of all company and personal insolvency proceedings in England and Wales under the Insolvency Act 1986 and otherwise give effect to that Act. These Rules supersede the Insolvency Rules 1986 (SI 1986/1925 as amended). Those Rules are revoked along with 29 amending Rules. These Rules give effect to amendments made to the Insolvency Act by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2011 (c.24), the Deregulation Act 2015 (c.20) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26). SCHEDULE 4Service of documentsService of administration application (paragraph 12 of Schedule B1)31An application to the court for an administration order must be served by delivering the documents as follows—aon the company at its registered office or if service at its registered office is not practicable at its last known principal place of business in England and Wales;bon any other person at that person's proper address.2A person's proper address is any which he has previously notified as the address for service, but if the person has not notified such an address then the documents may be served at that person's usual or last known address.3Paragraph (4) sets out the proper address for service for an authorised deposit-taker who—ahas appointed, or is or may be entitled to appoint, an administrative receiver of the company; orbis, or may be, entitled to appoint an administrative receiver of the company under paragraph 14 of Schedule B1; andchas not notified an address for service.4The proper address for service is—athat of an office of the authorised-deposit taker where the applicant knows the company maintains a bank account; orbwhere the applicant doesn't know of any such office, the registered office; orcif there is no such registered office the usual or last known address.
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