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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-2016-act-commencement-no-2-and-saving-provision-order-northern-ireland-2020/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/236",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 2 and Saving Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-2016-act-commencement-no-2-and-saving-provision-order-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThis Order brings into operation certain provisions of the Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (“the Act”).\nArticle 2 commences section 6 of the Act which amends Article 237C of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (“the Insolvency Order”) by adding a requirement for the Official Receiver to notify the Department as well as report to the High Court whether a proposal by a bankrupt for a voluntary arrangement with the Official Receiver acting as nominee (a so-called “fast-track” voluntary arrangement) has been approved or rejected by the bankrupt’s creditors.\nArticle 2 also commences section 12 of the Act which repeals Article 253(2) of the Insolvency Order- the early discharge procedure.\nArticle 3 saves the provision in respect of a bankruptcy which commenced before 4 November 2020.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/236/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:42:11.328224+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."
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