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Northern Ireland

Insolvency

Insolvency Practitioners

Made 12th November 2025

Coming into operation 9th December 2025

The Department for the Economy^f1, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 349(3)^f2, 363(1) and (2)(f) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989^f3.

In accordance with Article 363(3) of that Order, the Department has had regard to the regulatory objectives (as defined by Article 350C(3) of that Order).

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Footnotes

f1: Formerly the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; see section 1(3) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.)).
f2: In accordance with Article 2 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I.19)) “prescribed” in Article 349(3) means prescribed by regulations.
f3: S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19). Article 363 was amended by section 23 of the Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.2 (N.I.)).