{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-deposits-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-deposits-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/577",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency (Deposits) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-deposits-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order amends the Insolvency (Deposits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991 by increasing, with effect from 31st January 1997, the deposits payable to the official receiver on presentation of a bankruptcy or winding-up petition.\nThe deposit in relation to a winding-up petition is increased from £270 to £500.\nThe deposit in relation to an individual’s own bankruptcy petition is increased from £135 to £250.\nThe deposit in relation to other bankruptcy petitions is increased from £270 to £300.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/577/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:55.160762+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}