Explanatory note

These Rules further amend the Insolvency Rules 1986, which set out detailed procedures for the conduct of all company and individual insolvency proceedings in England and Wales under the Insolvency Act 1986, with effect from 5th April 1993.The amendments delete the provisions setting out the remuneration of shorthand writers appointed in insolvency proceedings but provide that any question arising as to the rates of remuneration payable under Insolvency Rule 7.17 shall be determined by the court in its discretion.The Rules also amend the definition of obligations arising which are not provable as debts in a bankruptcy, in the light of amendments made to section 281 of the Insolvency Act 1986 by the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), which redefines “family proceedings” and the Child Support Act 1991, which introduces maintenance assessments.