{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-365",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1989/2405",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989",
  "path": "article/365",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "365",
  "heading": "Insolvent estates of deceased persons",
  "text": "(1) The Department of Justice may, by order made with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice and the Department, provide that such provisions of this Order, Part VI of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 or the Registration of Deeds Acts as may be specified in the order shall apply in relation to the administration of the insolvent estates of deceased persons with such modifications as may be so specified.\n(1ZA) The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph (1)—\n(a) the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;\n(b) a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).\n(1A) An order under this Article may make provision in relation to the EU Regulation.\n(1B) Provision made by virtue of this Article in relation to the EU Regulation may not create a new relevant offence (see Article 366A).\n(2) An order under this Article shall be subject tonegative resolution.\n(3) For the purposes of this Article the estate of a deceased person is insolvent if, when realised, it will be insufficient to meet in full all the debts and other liabilities to which it is subject.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "mod. by SR 2004/307"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 365(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 145(a) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 365(1) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 84(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "2002 NI 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 365(1ZA) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 84(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "SR 2002/223"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 365(1A) substituted (26.6.2017) by The Insolvency Amendment (EU 2015/848) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/702), reg. 1, Sch. para. 117 (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in art. 365(1B) substituted (26.6.2017) by The Insolvency Amendment (EU 2015/848) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/702), reg. 1, Sch. para. 117 (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in art. 365(1B) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 183 (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in art. 365(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 145(b) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/2405/article/365",
    "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."
}