Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Insolvency

Made 20th February 2023

Coming into operation 13th March 2023

The Department of Justice makes the following Rules in exercise of the power conferred by Article 359 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989^f1, with the concurrence of the Department for the Economy^f2 and in relation to those Rules which affect court procedure, with the concurrence of the Lady Chief Justice under Article 359(1A)^f3 of that Order.

In accordance with Article 360 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, the Department of Justice has consulted the Committee appointed for the purposes of Article 360 of that Order.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19), Article 359 of which 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(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).
f2: Formerly the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, see the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5, section 1(3) and Schedule 1).
f3: Article 359(1A) was inserted by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), Schedule 5, Part 1, paragraphs 80 and 81.