# The Debt Relief Orders (Designation of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2009, Regulation 8: Approval by competent authority

Extent: E+W

(1) A competent authority may approve an individual to act as an intermediary between a person wishing to make an application for a debt relief order and the official receiver subject as follows.
(2) An individual may be approved—
(a) if the individual makes an application to a competent authority to be approved as an intermediary in accordance with the Act and these regulations; and
(b) it appears to the competent authority that the individual is a fit and proper person to act as intermediary between a person wishing to make an application for a debt relief order and the official receiver.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/457/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/debt-relief-orders-designation-of-competent-authorities-regulations-2009/regulation-8
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