The Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986

Application of the Bankruptcy Act

4.68.—(1) Sections 52, 53 and 58 of the Bankruptcy Act shall apply in relation to the liquidation of a company as they apply in relation to a sequestration of a debtor's estate, subject to the modifications specified in Rules 4.16(2) and 4.32(2) and (3) and the following paragraph and to any other necessary modifications.

(2) In section 52, the following modifications shall be made: -

(a)in subsection (4)(a) for the reference to “the debts mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d)”, there shall be substituted a reference to the expenses of the winding up mentioned in Rule 4.67(1)(a);

(b)in subsection (5), the words “with the consent of the commissioners or if there are no commissioners of the Accountant in Bankruptcy” should be deleted; and

(c)in subsection (7) and (8) for the references to section 48(5) and 49(6)(b) there should be substituted a reference to those sections as applied by Rule 4.16(1).