# Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2026, Section 65: Creditors’ meeting

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) In the italic heading before Article 231, for “meeting” substitute “decisions”.
(2) Article 231 (summoning of creditors’ meeting) is amended as follows.
(3) For paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—
“(1) This Article applies where it has been reported to the High Court under Article 230 or to the debtor’s creditors under Article 230A that the debtor’s creditors should consider the debtor’s proposal.
(2) The nominee (or the nominee’s replacement under Article 230(3) or 230A(4)) must seek a decision from the debtor’s creditors as to whether they approve the proposed voluntary arrangement, unless in the case of a report to which Article 230 applies the High Court otherwise directs.
(2A) The decision is to be made by a creditors’ decision procedure.
(2B) Notice of the creditors’ decision procedure must be given to every creditor of the debtor of whose claim and address the nominee (or the nominee’s replacement) is aware.”.
(4) In paragraph (3)(b), for “meeting” substitute “creditors’ decision procedure”.
(5) For the heading to the Article substitute “Consideration of debtor’s proposal by creditors”.
(6) In consequence of the amendments made by this section, omit—
(a) paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2002;
(b) section 5(2) of the Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/6/section/65 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-65
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