Rule 12.2 Performance of functions by the CourtC1C2C3
Anything to be done under or by virtue of the Act or these Rules by, to or before the court may be done by, to or before a F1judge.
F2A judge may authorise any act of a formal or administrative character which is not by statute that person's responsibility to be carried out by the chief clerk or any other officer of the court acting on that person's behalf, in accordance with directions given by the Lord Chancellor.
The hearing of an application must be in open court unless the court directs otherwise.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in rule 12.2(1) substituted (22.6.2026) by The Insolvency (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/561), rules 1(3), 16(a)
- F2
Words in rule 12.2(2) substituted (22.6.2026) by The Insolvency (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/561), rules 1(3), 16(b)
Modifications
- C1
Rule 12.2 applied (with modifications) (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 47 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 12)
- C2
Rule 12.2 applied (with modifications) (30.9.2021) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(2A), Sch. 1A paras. 1(4)(5), 35, 38 (as inserted by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Administration) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1048), arts. 1(1), 2)
- C3
Rules 12.1, 12.2 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/229), rules 1, 5, 61, Sch. (with rule 2(2))