{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2015/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2015/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/262",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Insolvency\nMade 28th May 2015\nComing into operation 3rd September 2015\nThe Department of Justice 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(b) and in relation to those rules that affect court procedure, with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland under Article 359 (1A) of that Order.\nBefore making these Rules, the Department of Justice consulted the Committee existing for the purposes of Article 360 of that Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19). Article 359 was amended by the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 223), section 15 of and paragraph 81 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), and by Article 15(1) and (5) of and paragraph 142 of Schedule 18 to the (Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 359(1A) was inserted by paragraph 81 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 360 was amended by Article 15(1) of and paragraph 143 of Schedule 18 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976),."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/262/introduction",
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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."
}