What is the deadline for statutory demand?
For an individual bankruptcy demand, the set-aside application period is 18 clear days from service and the demand must normally be dealt with within 21 clear days. A company demand does not have the same 18-day set-aside route.
Read the 18- and 21-day checklist
This page explains the cited rule. It does not generate an automated date. Check the trigger, service facts, time-counting treatment and any order before you use the period in your diary.
- Start point
- Actual or deemed service of the demand
- Stated period
- 18 clear days to apply to set aside; 21 clear days to deal with an individual demand
Worked source check
- Example input
- 03/08/2026
- Expected result
- No automated date. Confirm service, clear-day counting and the current Insolvency Rules route first.
An individual bankruptcy demand was served, but the service method and court-closure facts are not yet confirmed.
The guide distinguishes the individual bankruptcy-demand periods from the separate company-demand route. It does not present a generated date while the counting treatment remains under review.
What this source guide covers
- Period
- 18 clear days to apply to set aside; 21 clear days to deal with an individual demand
- Trigger
- Actual or deemed service of the demand
- Direction
- Forward from service
- Counting method
- Clear days for the individual bankruptcy-demand route
Schedule 5 imports the applicable CPR time rule. This guide does not generate a date while the applicable time-counting treatment is under review.
Insolvency Rules 2016. Insolvency Rules 2016, rules 10.1 and 10.4, Schedule 5. Insolvency Rules 2016 checked 07/08/2026
Exceptions and matter facts
- This guide is for an individual bankruptcy demand. A company has a different 21-day compliance path and no equivalent 18-day set-aside application.
- Check service, cross-border service and any application for relief before diarising a court date.
Deadline Engine is calculation software, not legal advice. Check the current rule, any order and the facts before adding a date to your diary.