Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Rules may be cited as the Insolvency (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 and come into operation on 11th January 2010.

In these Rules—

• “the current principal Rules” means the Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991^f1, inclusive of the amendments made by the Insolvency (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006^f2; and

• “the former principal Rules” means the Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991 where, by virtue of Rule 5 of the Insolvency (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006, they apply without the amendments made by those Rules.

References to numbered Rules are references to those Rules so numbered in the current principal Rules or in the former principal Rules as the case may be unless the context otherwise requires.