Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 2 (N.I.))
- Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 2 (N.I.))
- Provisions relating to communication
- 1 Attendance at meetings and use of websites
- 2 References to things in writing
- Requirements relating to meetings
- 3 Removal of requirement for annual meetings in a members' voluntary and a creditors' voluntary winding up
- 4 Requirements in relation to meetings under Articles 81 and 84 of the Insolvency Order
- Reports in individual voluntary arrangements
- 5 Individual voluntary arrangements: removal of requirement to submit a nominee's report to the High Court
- 6 Fast-track voluntary arrangements: notification of the Department
- Powers of liquidator and trustee
- 7 Powers of liquidator exercisable with or without sanction in a winding up
- 8 Powers of trustee exercisable with or without sanction in a bankruptcy
- Miscellaneous
- 9 Definition of debt
- 10 Treatment of liabilities relating to contracts of employment
- 11 Deeds of arrangement
- 12 Bankruptcy: early discharge procedure
- 13 After-acquired property of bankrupt
- 14 Authorisation of insolvency practitioners
- 15 Regulatory objectives
- 16 Oversight of recognised professional bodies
- 17 Recognised professional bodies: revocation of recognition
- 18 Court sanction of insolvency practitioners in public interest cases
- 19 Power for Department to obtain information
- 20 Compliance orders
- Power to establish single regulator of insolvency practitioners
- 21 Power to establish single regulator of insolvency practitioners
- 22 Regulations under section 21: designation of existing body
- 23 Power to make regulations
- 24 Company arrangement or administration provision to apply to a credit union
- 25 Disqualification from office: duty to consult the Lord Chief Justice
- Supplementary
- 26 Interpretation
- 27 Transitional provisions, minor and consequential amendments and repeals
- 28 Commencement
- 29 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 SINGLE REGULATOR OF INSOLVENCY PRACTITIONERS: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION
- Operation of this Schedule
- Name, members and chair
- Remuneration etc.
- Staff
- Proceedings
- Fees
- Consultation
- Training and other services
- Report and accounts
- Funding
- Financial penalties
- Status etc.
- Transfer schemes
- Additional provision where body is unincorporated association
- SCHEDULE 2 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- Requirements relating to meetings
- Reports in individual voluntary arrangements
- Powers of liquidator
- Powers of trustee
- Definition of debt
- Authorisation of insolvency practitioners
- SCHEDULE 3 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
- The Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (NI 12)
- The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 19)
- The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (NI 1)
- The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (NI 10)
- SCHEDULE 4 REPEALS