{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-practitioners-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-practitioners-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/33",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Practitioners Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-practitioners-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation: general",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into operation;\n“the Department” means the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment;\n“initial capacity” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3;\n“Insolvency Practitioner” means a person who is authorised to act as an insolvency practitioner under Article 349A of the Order.\n“insolvent” means a person in respect of whom an insolvency practitioner is acting;\n“the Order” means the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;\n“subsequent capacity” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3.\n(2) In these Regulations a reference to the date of release or discharge of an insolvency practitioner includes—\n(za) where the insolvency practitioner acts as the monitor in relation to a moratorium under Part 1A of the Order, whichever is the earlier of the date on which—\n(i) the moratorium comes to an end, or\n(ii) the insolvency practitioner otherwise ceases to act as the monitor in relation to the moratorium;\n(a) where the insolvency practitioner acts as nominee in relation to proposals for a voluntary arrangement under Part II or Chapter II of Part VIII of the Order, whichever is the earlier of the dates on which—\n(i) the proposals are rejected by creditors;\n(ii) he is replaced as nominee by another insolvency practitioner; or\n(iii) the arrangement takes effect without his becoming supervisor in relation to it; and\n(b) where an insolvency practitioner acts as supervisor of a voluntary arrangement, whichever is the earlier of the dates on which—\n(i) the arrangement is completed or terminated; or\n(ii) the insolvency practitioner otherwise ceases to act as supervisor in relation to the arrangement.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (4.11.2022) by The Insolvency Practitioners (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/241), regs. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (9.12.2025) by The Insolvency Practitioners (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/177), regs. 1, 4 (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 2(2)(za) inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 7 para. 33 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 27.3.2006, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/33/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:48:40.514455+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."
}