{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1989/2405",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-northern-ireland-order-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "19th December 1989",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Order modified (1.1.2007) by Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)), arts. 1(3)(e), 271(5) (with arts. 8(8), 121(3), 307)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Order modified (8.1.2007) by S.R. 1995/225 (as amended by Insolvent Partnerships (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/515), art. 4 (with art. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Order: power to amend conferred (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 21(2) (with art. 4); S.R. 2006/21, art. 2 (with S.R. 2006/22, arts. 2-7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 28(2)-(4), 94(1); S.I. 2008/755, art. 15(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Order modified (1.8.2007) by European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1949), reg. 7, Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (12.4.2007) by Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/115), reg. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Order excluded (6.4.2009) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), ss. 56(5), 110(2); S.I. 2009/45, art. 4(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Order excluded (26.1.2009) by 1998 (c.17), s. 38A(6) (as inserted by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), ss. 74, 110(2)); S.I. 2009/45, art. 2(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Order applied in part (with modifications) (17.2.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 21.2.2009) by Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), ss. 103, 134, 263(1) (with s. 247); S.I. 2009/296, arts. 2, 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1205 (N.I. 12)), art. 68(1)(2) (as substituted by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), arts. 2(1), 8, Sch. 1 para. 66 (with art. 10))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (23.11.2009) by Scottish and Northern Ireland Banknote Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3056), reg. 29, Sch. 1 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), regs. 1, 8(7), 9, 15, 16-21, 24-26, Schs. 1-5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "Order modified (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), ss. 73(1), 87(1)(2), 93(3), Sch. 10 para. 40, Sch. 10 para. 41; S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "Order power to modify conferred (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), ss. 73(1), 87(1)(2), 93(3), Sch. 10 para. 46; S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C15",
      "text": "Order applied in part (with modifications) (17.2.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 21.2.2009) by Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), ss. 145, 167, 263(1) (with s. 247); S.I. 2009/296, arts. 2, 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C16",
      "text": "Order power to amend conferred (17.2.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 21.2.2009) by Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), ss. 158(2)(b), 159(2)(b), 263(1) (with s. 247); S.I. 2009/296, arts. 2, 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C17",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24), s. 64(1)(2) (as substituted by S.I. 2009/1941, arts. 2(1), 8, Sch. 1 para. 21(8) (with art. 10))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C18",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (31.7.2015) by The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1493), regs. 1(2), 8(2) (with reg. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C19",
      "text": "Order applied in part (with modifications) in part (7.4.2017) by Building Societies Act 1986 (1986 c. 53), Sch. 15 (as amended by S.I. 2017/400, regs. 1(2), 2(3)(e)-(g))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C20",
      "text": "Order applied in part (with modifications) (7.4.2017) by Building Societies Act 1986 (1986 c. 53), Sch. 15A (as amended by S.I. 2017/400, regs. 1(2), 2(4)(e)(f))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C21",
      "text": "Order applied in part (with modifications) (6.6.2013) by The Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1388), reg. 1, Sch. 2 (with reg. 24) (as amended (7.4.2017) S.I. 2017/400, regs. 1(2), 11(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C22",
      "text": "Order modified (3.10.2017) by 1992 c. 40, Sch. 10 paras. 66A, 66B (as inserted by The Friendly Societies Act 1992 (Modification of Part 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/906), arts. 1, 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C23",
      "text": "Order modified by S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4), art. 25C(4)(f) (as inserted (8.12.2017) by The Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1212), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 5 (with reg. 189))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C24",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (8.12.2017) by The Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1212), regs. 1(2), 166(2), 167(2), Sch. 2, Sch. 3 (with regs. 168, 189)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C25",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), regs. 1, 8(7), 9, 15, 16-21, 24-26, Schs. 1-5 (as amended (7.4.2017) by S.I. 2017/400, regs. 1(2), 10(8); (19.12.2018) by S.I. 2018/1244, arts. 1(2), 46 (with art. 3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C26",
      "text": "Order applied in part (with modifications) (26.6.2020) by 1992 c. 40, Sch. 10 Pt. 3 (as amended by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 13 para. 4 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), 18(4)))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C27",
      "text": "Order applied in part (with modifications) (26.6.2020) by 1986 c. 53, Sch. 15 Pt. 3 (as amended by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 13 para. 2 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), 18(4)))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C28",
      "text": "Order applied in part (with modifications) (26.6.2020) by 1986 c. 53, Sch. 15A Pt. 3 (as amended by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), 18(4)))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C29",
      "text": "Order modified (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), s. 85"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C30",
      "text": "Order power to apply (with modifications) conferred (29.8.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(3), Sch. 11 para. 165; S.I. 2023/779, reg. 4(ddd)(xiv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C31",
      "text": "Order applied in part (with modifications) (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2021/716, Sch. 2A para. 6 (as inserted by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1399), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C32",
      "text": "Order modified (2.3.2026) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Rules 2026 (S.R. 2026/11), rules 2(1), 293"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "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."
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