Insolvency Act 1985

215 Power to inspect Land Register etc.

After section 112A of the [1925 c. 21.] Land Registration Act 1925 (inspection in connection with criminal proceedings) there shall be inserted the following section—

“112AA Inspection in connection with insolvency.

(1) If an official receiver or the official assignee, the liquidator or administrator of a company or the trustee of a bankrupt's estate—

(a) applies to the registrar for permission to make an inspection under this section in relation to a person specified in the application or to property so specified ; and

(b) gives the registrar an appropriate certificate,

the registrar shall permit him to inspect and make copies of and extracts from any register or document kept in the custody of the registrar so far as it relates to the person or property so specified.

(2) In subsection (1) above " appropriate certificate " means a certificate that there is reason to believe that the register may contain information which would be of assistance to the person giving the certificate in the carrying out of his functions as official receiver or official assignee, as liquidator or administrator of a company or as trustee of a bankrupt's estate.

(3) In this section—

(a) references to an official receiver are references to an official receiver for the purpose of the Insolvency Act 1985 or the [1985 c. 6.] Companies Act 1985 or a person acting as a deputy to such an official receiver;

(b) references to the trustee of a bankrupt's estate include references to a permanent or interim trustee in the sequestration of a debtor's estate in Scotland;

(c) references to the official assignee are references to the Official Assignee for bankruptcy for Northern Ireland or the Official Assignee for company liquidations for Northern Ireland ; and

(d) references to a company include references to a company registered or incorporated in Northern Ireland and references to a bankrupt include references to a person adjudged bankrupt in Northern Ireland.”