The Insolvency (Scotland) (Receivership and Winding up) Rules 2018

CHAPTER 6 Standard contents of notices advertised otherwise than in the Gazette

[Note: the requirements in Chapter 6 must be read with rule 1.7 which sets out the information required to identify an office-holder, a company etc.]

Standard contents of notices advertised otherwise than in the Gazette

1.14.—(1) Where, in accordance with the Act or these Rules, a notice is to be advertised otherwise than in the Gazette, the notice must contain the standard contents set out in this rule (in addition to any content specifically required by the Act or any other provision of these Rules).

(2) A notice relating to a company must also identify the insolvency proceedings and state—

(a) the company’s principal trading address;

(b) any name under which the company was registered in the 12 months before the date of the commencement of the insolvency proceedings which are the subject of the notice; and

(c) any name or style (not being a registered name)—

(i) under which the company carried on business, and

(ii) in which any debt owed to a creditor was incurred.

(3) A notice must, if it is relevant to the particular notice, identify the office-holder and specify the office-holder’s contact details.

(4) Information which this rule requires to be included in a notice may be omitted if it is not reasonably practicable to obtain it.

Non-Gazette notices: clear and comprehensible

1.15.  Information which this Chapter requires to be stated in a notice must be so stated in a way that is clear and comprehensible.