{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-350E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-350E.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1989/2405",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989",
  "path": "article/350E",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "350E",
  "heading": "Directions: procedure",
  "text": "(1) Before giving a recognised professional body a direction under Article 350D, the Department must give the body a notice accompanied by a draft of the proposed direction.\n(2) The notice under paragraph (1) must—\n(a) state that the Department proposes to give the body a direction in the form of the accompanying draft;\n(b) specify why the Department has reached the conclusions mentioned in Article 350D(1) and (2); and\n(c) specify a period within which the body may make written representations with respect to the proposal.\n(3) The period specified under paragraph (2)(c)—\n(a) must begin with the date on which the notice is given to the body; and\n(b) must not be less than 28 days.\n(4) On the expiry of that period, the Department must decide whether to give the body the proposed direction.\n(5) The Department must give notice of that decision to the body.\n(6) Where the Department decides to give the proposed direction, the notice under paragraph (5) must—\n(a) contain the direction;\n(b) state the time at which the direction is to take effect; and\n(c) specify the Department's reasons for the decision to give the direction.\n(7) Where the Department decides to give the proposed direction, the Department must publish the notice under paragraph (5); but this paragraph does not apply to a direction to take any step with a view to the institution of, or otherwise in respect of, regulatory proceedings against an individual.\n(8) The Department may revoke a direction under Article 350D; and, where doing so, the Department—\n(a) must give the body to which the direction was given notice of the revocation; and\n(b) must publish the notice and, if the notice under paragraph (5) was published under paragraph (7), must do so (if possible) in the same manner as that in which that notice was published.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 350D-350K and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2016) by Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 2), ss. 16(1), 28(2); S.R. 2016/203, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Arts. 349-350T applied (with modifications) (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2021/716, reg. 37A (as inserted by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1399), regs. 1(2), 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/2405/article/350E",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:04.938020+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."
}