# The Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991, Rule 6.214: Lifting of suspension of discharge


(1) Where the court has made an order under Article 253(3) that the relevant period (that is to say, the period after which the bankrupt may under that Article have his discharge) shall cease to run, the bankrupt may apply to it for the order to be discharged.
(2) The court shall fix a venue for the hearing of the application; and the bankrupt shall, not less than 28 days before the hearing date, give notice of the venue to the official receiver and the trustee, accompanied in each case by a copy of the application.
(3) The official receiver and the trustee may appear and be heard on the bankrupt's application; and, whether or not he appears, the official receiver may file in court a report of any matters which he considers ought to be drawn to the court's attention.
(4) If the court's order under Article 253(3) was for the relevant period to cease to run until the fulfilment of specified conditions, the court may request a report from the official receiver as to whether those conditions have or have not been fulfilled.
(5) If a report is filed under paragraph (3) or (4), copies of it shall be sent by the official receiver to the bankrupt and the trustee, not later than 14 days before the hearing date.
(6) The bankrupt may, not later than 7 days before the hearing date, file in court a notice specifying any statements in the official receiver's report which he intends to deny or dispute.
(7) If the bankrupt files a notice under paragraph (6), he shall send copies of it, not less than 4 days before the hearing date, to the official receiver and the trustee.
(8) If on the bankrupt's application the court discharges the order under Article 253(3) (being satisfied that the relevant period should begin to run again), it shall issue to the bankrupt a certificate that it has done so, with effect from a specified date.FORM 6.76FORM 6.77
[E.R.6.216]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1991/364/rule/6.214 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-northern-ireland-1991/rule-6.214
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