PART 14CLAIMS BY AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO CREDITORS IN ADMINISTRATION, WINDING UP AND BANKRUPTCY
CHAPTER 3Distribution to creditors in administration, winding up and bankruptcy
Further contents of notice to creditors owed small debts etc.14.31
1
The office-holder may treat a debt, which is a small debt according to the accounting records or the statement of affairs of the company or bankrupt, as if it were proved for the purpose of paying a dividend.
2
Where the office-holder intends to treat such a debt as if it were proved the notice delivered under rule 14.29 must—
a
state the amount of the debt which the office-holder believes to be owed to the creditor according to the accounting records or statement of affairs of the company or the bankrupt (as the case may be);
b
state that the office-holder will treat the debt which is stated in notice, being for £1,000 or less, as proved for the purposes of paying a dividend unless the creditor advises the office-holder that the amount of the debt is incorrect or that no debt is owed;
c
require the creditor to notify the office-holder by the last date for proving if the amount of the debt is incorrect or if no debt is owed; and
d
inform the creditor that where the creditor advises the office-holder that the amount of the debt is incorrect the creditor must also submit a proof in order to receive a dividend.
3
The information required by paragraph (2)(a) may take the form of a list of small debts which the office-holder intends to treat as proved which includes that owed to the particular creditor to whom the notice is being delivered.