8.—(1) Where, before the commencement date an amount stated in a foreign currency on an application, statement of claim or evidence of debt (according to the nature of the debt claimed) is converted into sterling by the office-holder under 1986 rule 4.17, the office-holder and any successor to the office-holder must continue to use that exchange rate for subsequent conversions of that currency into sterling for the purpose of distributing the insolvent estate.
(2) However when an office-holder, convener, appointed person or chair uses an exchange rate to convert an application, claim or proof in a foreign currency into sterling solely for voting purposes before the commencement date, it does not prevent the office-holder from using an alternative rate for subsequent conversions.