Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations are made under Article 208U (approved intermediaries) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989. Article 208U was inserted into that Order by the Debt Relief Act (Northern Ireland) 2010.
These Regulations correct an error in the Debt Relief Orders (Designation of Competent Authorities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011 No.15) (“the 2011 Regulations”) so that persons are added to Regulation 8 which describes persons ineligible to be intermediaries in Northern Ireland. They are persons—
subject to a bankruptcy restrictions order or undertaking given in Scotland under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985;
who lack mental capacity within the meaning of the relevant legislation in England, Scotland or Wales.
As these Regulations are for the purpose of amending an error, a copy of this instrument is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of the 2011 Regulations.