# The Insolvency (Amendment) (2026 Act) (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026, Article 5: Transitional provisions

Extent: N.I.

(1) Articles 208ZA to 208ZC of the 1989 Order and the amendments to Article 178 of that Order (as made by section 2 of the Act) apply in respect of the carrying on of any business of the company on or after 16th October 2026.
(2) Article 208ZD of the 1989 Order (as inserted by section 3 of the Act) applies in respect of a company which enters administration or goes into liquidation on or after 16th October 2026.
(3) Article 150ZB of the 1989 Order (as inserted by section 4 of the Act) applies in respect of a company which enters administration or goes into liquidation on or after 16th October 2026.
(4) The substitution of paragraphs (5) to (5D) of Article 10 of the 2002 Order by paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 3 to the Act shall not have effect in respect of a person who is or has been a director of—
(a) a company that has become insolvent (within the meaning of Article 9(2) of the 2002 Order), or;
(b) an overseas company that has become insolvent (within the meaning of Article 9(2A) of the 2002 Order);
(c) a company or overseas company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent
before 16th October 2026, and in such a case paragraphs (5) and (5A) of Article 10 as they had effect immediately before 16th October 2026 shall continue to have effect.
(5) The amendment made by paragraph 41 of Schedule 4 to the Act to modified Article 241(3) set out in paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 4 to the 1995 Order—
(a) shall only apply in the case of petitions presented after 16th October 2026;
(b) shall not apply where the petition is founded on a statutory or written demand which was served prior to 16th October 2026, and in such a case the “bankruptcy level” shall remain as £750.
(6) Paragraph 85 of Schedule 4 to the Act does not apply in relation to a case in which—
(a) a winding-up order was made in relation to a partnership;
(b) an order was made for the business of a partnership to be wound up (without the partnership being wound up as an unregistered company) or;
(c) a partnership entered administration
before 16th October 2026, and in such a case the modified version of Article 9 of the 2002 Order in Schedule 8 to the 1995 Order, which had effect before 16th October 2026, shall continue to have effect.
(7) Paragraph 86 of Schedule 4 to the Act does not apply in relation to a case in which—
(a) a winding-up order was made in relation to a partnership;
(b) an order was made for the business of a partnership to be wound up (without the partnership being wound up as an unregistered company) or;
(c) a partnership entered administration
before 16th October 2026, and in such a case the modified version of Article 10 of the 2002 Order in Schedule 8 to the 1995 Order, which had effect before 16th October 2026, shall continue to have effect.
(8) Paragraph 87 of Schedule 4 to the Act does not apply in relation to a case in which—
(a) a winding-up order was made in relation to a partnership;
(b) an order was made for the business of a partnership to be wound up (without the partnership being wound up as an unregistered company) or;
(c) a partnership entered administration
before 16th October 2026, and in such a case the modified version of Article 10A of the 2002 Order in Schedule 8 to the 1995 Order, which had effect before 16th October 2026 shall continue to have effect.
(9) Paragraph 89 of Schedule 4 to the Act does not apply in relation to a case in which—
(a) a winding-up order was made in relation to a partnership;
(b) an order was made for the business of a partnership to be wound up (without the partnership being wound up as an unregistered company) or;
(c) a partnership entered administration
before 16th October 2026.
(10) Paragraph 90 of Schedule 4 to the Act does not apply in relation to a case in which—
(a) a winding-up order was made in relation to a partnership;
(b) an order was made for the business of a partnership to be wound up (without the partnership being wound up as an unregistered company) or;
(c) a partnership entered administration
before 16th October 2026, and in such a case the modified version of Article 13 of 2002 Order in Schedule 8 to 1995 Order, which had effect before 16th October 2026 shall continue to have effect.
(11) Paragraph 91 of Schedule 4 to the Act does not apply in relation to a case in which—
(a) a winding-up order was made in relation to a partnership;
(b) an order was made for the business of a partnership to be wound up (without the partnership being wound up as an unregistered company) or;
(c) a partnership entered administration
before 16th October 2026.
(12) Paragraph 92 of Schedule 4 to the Act does not apply in relation to a case in which—
(a) a winding-up order was made in relation to a partnership;
(b) an order was made for the business of a partnership to be wound up (without the partnership being wound up as an unregistered company) or;
(c) a partnership entered administration
before 16th October 2026.
(13) Paragraph 94 of Schedule 4 to the Act does not apply in relation to a case in which—
(a) a winding-up order was made in relation to a partnership;
(b) an order was made for the business of a partnership to be wound up (without the partnership being wound up as an unregistered company) or;
(c) a partnership entered administration
before 16th October 2026, and in such a case the modified version of Schedule 1 to the 2002 Order in Schedule 8 to the 1995 Order, which had effect before 16th October 2026, shall continue to have effect.

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