# The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, Rule 12.36: Power to make a block transfer order


(1) This rule applies where an office-holder (‘the outgoing office-holder’)—
(a) dies;
(b) retires from practice; or
(c) is otherwise unable or unwilling to continue in office;
and it is expedient to transfer some or all of the cases in which the outgoing office-holder holds office to one or more office-holders (‘the replacement office-holder’) in a single transaction.
(2) In a case to which this rule applies the court has the power to make an order (‘a block transfer order’) appointing a replacement office-holder in the place of the outgoing office-holder to be—
(a) liquidator in any winding up (including a case where the official receiver is the liquidator by virtue of section 136) ;
(b) administrator in any administration;
(c) trustee in a bankruptcy (including a case where the official receiver is the trustee by virtue of section 300 ); ...
(d) supervisor of a CVA or an IVA ; or
(e) a monitor in respect of a moratorium under Part A1 of the Act.
(3) The replacement office-holder must be—
(a) qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the company or bankrupt; or
(b) where the replacement office-holder is to be appointed supervisor of an IVA—
(i) qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the debtor, or
(ii) a person authorised so to act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/12.36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-12.36
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