The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Article 359:

Instrument amended by 1998 c. 11 s. 23 Sch. 5 Pt.1 Ch. 3 para. 40
Instrument amended (prosp) by S.I. 1994/279 (N.I.) art. 26(1) Sch. 2 para. 15
art. 359 extended by 1997 c. 32 s. 39(2) Sch. 6 para. 4(1)

Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order associated Parts and Chapters:

Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):

Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 66 revoked by 1996 c. 23 s. 107(2) Sch. 4 (Amendment could not be applied. The relevant affected text is not available on legislation.gov.uk)
art. 2B inserted by 2016 c. 2 (N.I.) s. 2(1)
art. 208ZA applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2021/716, reg. 37A (as inserted) by S.I. 2023/1399 reg. 12 (This amendment not applied to Legislation.gov.uk. S. 208ZA is inserted by the Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 2), s. 1(1) which is currently prospective.)
art. 208ZA-208ZB inserted by 2016 c. 2 (N.I.) s. 1(1)
art. 208ZB applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2021/716, reg. 37A (as inserted) by S.I. 2023/1399 reg. 12 (This amendment not applied to Legislation.gov.uk. S. 208ZB is inserted by the Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 2), s. 1(1) which is currently prospective.)
art. 345A-345B inserted by 2016 c. 2 (N.I.) s. 1(2)

Insolvency rulesN.I.

F1 F2 F3[[[359.—(1) The [F4Department of Justice] may, with the concurrence of the Department and after consultation with the committee appointed under Article 360, make rules for the purpose of giving effect to this Order [F5 or the [F6EU Regulation]].

[F7(1A) Rules that affect court procedure may be made under paragraph (1) only with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice.

(1B) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph (1A)—

(a)the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;

(b)a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).]

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), or to any provision of this Order by virtue of which rules under this Article may be made with respect to any matter, rules under this Article may contain—

(a)any such provision as is specified in Schedule 5 or corresponds to provision contained immediately before the coming into operation of this Order in rules made, or having effect as if made under Article 613(1) and (2) of [F8the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986] (old winding‐up rules), and

(b)F9 any such provision as is specified in Schedule 6 or corresponds to provision contained immediately before the coming into operation of this Order in rules made under Article 33(1) and (2) of the Bankruptcy Amendment (Northern Ireland) Order 1980F10 (old bankruptcy rules), and

(c)provision for enabling the Master (Bankruptcy) to exercise such of the jurisdiction conferred for the purposes of this Order on the High Court as may be prescribed and for enabling the review of any such jurisdiction, and

(d)such incidental, supplemental and transitional provision as may appear to the [F11Department of Justice] or, as the case may be, the Department necessary or expedient.

[F5(2A) F9 For the purposes of paragraph (2), a reference in Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 to doing anything under or for the purposes of a provision of this Order includes a reference to doing anything under or for the purposes of the [F12EU Regulation] (in so far as the provision of this Order relates to a matter to which the [F12EU Regulation] applies).

(2B) Rules under this Article for the purpose of giving effect to the [F13EU Regulation] may not create [F14a new relevant offence (see Article 366A)].]

(3) In Schedule 5 “liquidator” includes a provisional liquidator; and references in this Article to this Order are to be read as including [F15the Companies Acts] so far as relating to, and to matters connected with or arising out of, the insolvency or winding up of companies.

(4) Rules under this Article shall be subject to [F16 negative resolution].

(5) Regulations made by the Department under a power conferred by rules under this Article shall be subject to affirmative resolution.

(6) Nothing in this Article prejudices any power to make rules of court.]]]

F1By Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), ss. 125, 134, 263(1) (with s. 247); S.I. 2009/296, arts. 2, 3, Sch. it is provided that art. 359 is amended (17.2.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 21.2.2009) (art. 359 being the equivalent enactment having effect in relation to Northern Ireland to s. 411 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45))

F2By Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), ss. 160, 167, 263(1) (with s. 247); S.I. 2009/296, arts. 2, 3, Sch. it is provided that art. 359 is amended (17.2.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 21.2.2009) (art. 359 being the equivalent enactment having effect in relation to Northern Ireland to s. 411 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45))