{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-78",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-78.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Trustee’s vacation of office",
  "text": "(1) Article 271 (trustee’s vacation of office) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1), for “general meeting of the bankrupt’s creditors summoned” substitute “decision of the bankrupt’s creditors made by a creditors’ decision procedure instigated”.\n(3) In paragraph (3)—\n(a) for “general meeting of the bankrupt’s creditors shall be summoned” substitute “creditors’ decision procedure may be instigated”;\n(b) for “replacing” substitute “removing”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (c)—\n(i) omit “the meeting is requested by”;\n(ii) after “bankrupt’s creditors” insert “so requests,”.\n(4) After paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3A) Where the bankrupt’s creditors decide to remove a trustee, they may in accordance with the rules appoint another person as trustee in his place.\n(3B) Where the decision to remove a trustee is made under paragraph (3), the decision does not take effect until the bankrupt’s creditors appoint another person as trustee in his place.”.\n(5) In paragraph (7), for the words from “a final meeting” to the end substitute “the trustee has given notice under Article 304(2).”.\n(6) After paragraph (7) insert—\n“(7A) A notice under paragraph (7)—\n(a) must not be given before the end of the period prescribed by the rules as the period within which the bankrupt’s creditors may object to the trustee’s release, and\n(b) must state whether any of the bankrupt’s creditors objected to the trustee’s release.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 78 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 120(02)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/6/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:58.712686+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."
}