Regulation 25 Insolvency proceedings in other jurisdictions

United Kingdom

(1)

The references to insolvency law in section 426 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (co-operation between courts exercising jurisdiction in relation to insolvency) include, in relation to a part of the United Kingdom, this Part and, in relation to a relevant country or territory within the meaning of that section, so much of the law of that country or territory as corresponds to this Part.

(2)

A court shall not, in pursuance of that section or any other enactment or rule of law, recognise or give effect to—

(a)

any order of a court exercising jurisdiction in relation to insolvency law in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, or

(b)

any act of a person appointed in such a country or territory to discharge any functions under insolvency law,

in so far as the making of the order or the doing of the act would be prohibited in the case of a court in England and Wales or Scotland F1, the High Court in Northern Ireland or a relevant office-holder by this Part.

(3)

Paragraph (2) does not affect the recognition or enforcement of a judgment required to be recognised or enforced under or by virtue of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982^f1 F2... .

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 25(2) inserted (2.2.2006) by The Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/50), regs. 1, 2(13)
F2: Words in reg. 25(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Markets and Insolvency (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/341), regs. 1(3), 8(5) (with reg. 21) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 23(b) and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 1982 c. 27.