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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-and-contracting-out-northern-ireland-order-1996/schedule-3/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1996/1632",
  "legislation_title": "The Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-and-contracting-out-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The making or conduct of any application to the Court—\n(a) to commit a bankrupt for contempt of court for failure to comply with a duty imposed on him by—\n(i) Article 261 (statement of affairs);\n(ii) Article 264 (duties of bankrupt in relation to official receiver);\n(iii) Article 285 (obligation to surrender control to trustee);\n(iv) Article 306 (duties of bankrupt in relation to trustee); or\n(v) Article 334 (general control of the Court); or\n(b) pursuant to Article 253(3) (suspension of discharge on application by official receiver).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1632/schedule/3/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:49.350956+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}