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  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989",
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  "text": "(1) Where a company is in administration, a person may be appointed to act as administrator jointly or concurrently with the person or persons acting as the administrator of the company.\n(2) Where a company entered administration by administration order, an appointment under sub-paragraph (1) must be made by the High Court on the application of—\n(a) a person or group listed in paragraph 13(1)(a) to (f), or\n(b) the person or persons acting as the administrator of the company.\n(3) Where a company entered administration by virtue of an appointment under paragraph 15, an appointment under sub-paragraph (1) must be made by—\n(a) the holder of the floating charge by virtue of which the appointment was made, or\n(b) the High Court on the application of the person or persons acting as the administrator of the company.\n(4) Where a company entered administration by virtue of an appointment under paragraph 23(1), an appointment under sub-paragraph (1) must be made either by the High Court on the application of the person or persons acting as the administrator of the company or—\n(a) by the company, and\n(b) with the consent of each person who is the holder of a qualifying floating charge in respect of the company's property or, where consent is withheld, with the permission of the Court.\n(5) Where a company entered administration by virtue of an appointment under paragraph 23(2), an appointment under sub-paragraph (1) must be made either by the Court on the application of the person or persons acting as the administrator of the company or—\n(a) by the directors of the company, and\n(b) with the consent of each person who is the holder of a qualifying floating charge in respect of the company's property or, where consent is withheld, with the permission of the Court.\n(6) An appointment under sub-paragraph (1) may be made only with the consent of the person or persons acting as the administrator of the company.",
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Sch. B1 inserted (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 3(2), Sch. 1 (with art. 4); S.R. 2006/21, art. 2 (with S.R. 2006/22, arts. 2-7)"
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      "type": "C",
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      "text": "Sch. B1 applied (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)"
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      "text": "Sch. B1 para. 104 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)"
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      "text": "Sch. B1 para. 104 applied (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)"
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