Article 5 Amendments to the Insolvency Act 1986

In section 427 (disqualification from Parliament (Scotland and Northern Ireland))—

(a)

in the heading omit “and Northern Ireland”;

(b)

in subsection (1)^f1 omit “a court in Northern Ireland adjudges an individual bankrupt or”;

(c)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

in paragraph (a) for “the adjudication is annulled or the award recalled” substitute “the award is recalled”;

(ii)

in paragraph (b) omit “annulment,”;

(d)

in subsection (4) omit “adjudication or”;

(e)

in subsection (5) omit “adjudication or” in both places it occurs;

(f)

in subsection (6)—

(i)

omit “adjudication or” in each place it occurs;

(ii)

in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), omit “annulled,”;

(g)

in subsection (6C)^f2 for the words preceding paragraph (a) substitute—

“(6C)
Subsections (4) to (6) have effect in relation to a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly but as if—”.

Annotations

f1: Section 427(1) was amended by section 266(2)(a) of the Enterprise Act 2002.
f2: Section 427(6C) was inserted by section 99 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47).