{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-proceedings-fees-amendment-order-2024/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/963",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-proceedings-fees-amendment-order-2024",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) Order 2016 to increase certain fees charged in respect of insolvency proceedings in England and Wales under the Insolvency Act 1986.\nArticle 2(2) increases the deposit payable by the Secretary of State to the court (as security for the payment of the official receiver’s administration fee) on the presentation of a winding-up petition on grounds of public interest. The deposit is increased from £5,000 to £13,500.\nArticle 2(3) increases the official receiver’s administration fee payable to the Secretary of State following:\nA bankruptcy order made on a debtor’s application (increased from £1,990 to £2,390);\nA bankruptcy order made on a creditor’s petition (increased from £2,775 to £3,300);\nA winding-up order by the court, other than on the presentation of a winding-up petition on grounds of public interest (increased from £5,000 to £6,000); and\nA winding-up order by the court on the presentation of a winding-up petition on grounds of public interest (increased from £7,500 to £13,500).\nArticle 2(3) also increases the official receiver’s general fee, payable to the Secretary of State following the making of a bankruptcy order or winding-up order by the court, for certain costs not recovered out of the official receiver’s administration fee (increased from £6,000 to £7,200).\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/963/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:26:24.110074+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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