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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-95",
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  "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/95",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "95",
  "heading": "Power to give further protection to essential supplies",
  "text": "(1) The Department may by regulations make provision for insolvency-related terms of a contract for the supply of essential goods or services to a company to cease to have effect where—\n(a) the company enters administration, or a voluntary arrangement under Part 2 of the 1989 Order takes effect in relation to it, and\n(b) any conditions specified in the regulations are met.\n(2) The regulations must include provision for securing that, where an insolvency-related term of a contract ceases to have effect under the regulations, the contract may be terminated by the supplier if—\n(a) an insolvency office-holder consents to the termination,\n(b) a court grants permission for the termination, or\n(c) any charges in respect of the supply that are incurred after the company enters administration or the voluntary arrangement takes effect are not paid within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which payment is due.\n(3) The regulations must include provision for securing that, where an insolvency-related term of a contract ceases to have effect under the regulations, the supplier may terminate the supply unless an insolvency office-holder personally guarantees the payment of any charges in respect of the continuation of the supply.\n(4) The regulations may provide for exceptions to the right of a supplier to terminate a supply under provision made by virtue of subsection (3).\n(5) The regulations must (in addition to the provision mentioned in subsections (2) and (3)) include such other provision as the Department considers appropriate for securing that the interests of suppliers are protected.\n(6) A “contract for the supply of essential goods or services” is a contract for a supply mentioned in Article 197(3).\n(7) An “insolvency-related term” of a contract for the supply of essential goods or services to a company is a provision of the contract under which—\n(a) the contract or the supply would terminate, or any other thing would take place, because the company enters administration or the voluntary arrangement takes effect,\n(b) the supplier would be entitled to terminate the contract or the supply, or to do any other thing, because the company enters administration or the voluntary arrangement takes effect, or\n(c) the supplier would be entitled to terminate the contract or the supply because of an event that occurred before the company enters administration or the voluntary arrangement takes effect.\n(8) “Insolvency office-holder” means—\n(a) in a case where a company enters administration, the administrator;\n(b) in a case where a voluntary arrangement under Part 2 of the 1989 Order takes effect in relation to a company, the supervisor of the voluntary arrangement.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 95 in operation at 25.6.2026, see s. 120(01)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 95 in operation at 25.6.2026, see s. 120(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/6/section/95",
    "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."
}