The Bank Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009

Filing of application

7.—(1) The application for a bank insolvency order, verified by witness statement in accordance with rule 11, shall be filed in court.

(2) There shall be filed with the application—

(a) one copy for service on the bank,

(b) one copy to be attached to the proof of purchase; and

(c) further copies to be sent to those persons under Rule 10.

(3) The court shall fix the venue, date and time for the hearing of the application and in doing so shall have regard to—

(a) the desirability of the application being heard as soon as is reasonably practicable, and

(b) the need to give the bank a reasonable opportunity to attend.

(4) Each of the copies issued to the applicant shall be sealed and be endorsed with the venue, date and time for the hearing.

(5) Any application filed in relation to a bank in respect of which there is in force a voluntary arrangement under Part 1 of the 1986 Act shall be filed in accordance with this rule but a copy of that application shall also be sent to the court to which the nominee’s report under section 2 of the 1986 Act was submitted, if that is not the same court.