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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/118",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "INSOLVENCY\nCOMPANIES\nMade 12th March 2008\nTo be laid before Parliament\nComing into operation 6th April 2008\nThe Lord Chancellor makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 359 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, with the concurrence of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, and, in relation to those rules that affect court procedure, with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice under Article 359(1A) of that Order.\nIn accordance with Article 360 of that Order the Lord Chancellor has consulted the Committee appointed to review Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19). Section 1282 of the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46) inserted a new Article 150ZA into the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 providing for the payment and priority of general expenses of a winding up subject to exceptions prescribed by rules made under Article 359 of the 1989 Order. Article 359 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 was amended by the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 223)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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  "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."
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