# The Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991, Rule 6.009: Procedure for presentation and filing


(1) The petition, verified by affidavit in accordance with Rule 6.011(1), shall be filed in court.
(2) No petition shall be filed unless there is produced with it the receipt for the deposit payable on presentation.
(3) The following copies of the petition shall also be delivered to the court with the petition—
(a) one for service on the debtor,
(b) one to be exhibited to the affidavit verifying that service, and
(c) if there is in force for the debtor a voluntary arrangement and the petitioner is not the supervisor of the arrangement, one copy for him.
(4) Each copy delivered to the court under paragraph (3) shall have applied to it the seal of the court, and shall be issued to the petitioner.
(5) The date and time of filing the petition shall be endorsed on the petition and on any copy issued under paragraph (3).
(6) The court shall fix a venue for hearing the petition, and this also shall be endorsed on the petition and on any copy so issued.
(7) Where a petition contains a request for the appointment of a person as trustee in accordance with Article 270(4) (appointment of former supervisor as trustee) the person whose appointment is sought shall, not less that 2 days before the day appointed for hearing the petition, file in court a report including particulars of—
(a) a date on which he gave written notification to creditors bound by the arrangement of the intention to seek his appointment as trustee, such date to be at least 10 days before the day on which the report under this paragraph is filed, and
(b) details of any response from creditors to that notice, including any objections to his appointment.
[E.R.6.10]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1991/364/rule/6.009 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-northern-ireland-1991/rule-6.009
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