The Insolvency (Fees) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Insolvency (Fees) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 30th June 2011.

Amendment to the Insolvency (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

2.  The Insolvency (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) (“the principal Order”) shall be amended as provided by Articles 3 and 4.

3.  In Article 4—

(a) in the heading after “bankruptcies,” insert “debt relief orders,”;

(b) in paragraph (1), after “in respect of” insert “the costs of persons acting as approved intermediaries under Part 7A of the 1989 Order,”.

4.  In the Table of fees in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 immediately, before the heading “Fees payable in relation to winding up by the High Court only”, insert—

“Fees payable in relation to debt relief orders

Designation of Fee	Description of fee and circumstances in which it is charged	Amount of fee
DRO1	Application for a debt relief order – official receiver’s administration fee and costs of persons acting as approved intermediaries For the performance by the official receiver of his functions, and for the payment of an amount not exceeding £10 in respect of the costs of persons acting as approved intermediaries, under Part 7A of the 1989 Order, there shall be
	payable in connection with an application for a debt relief order, a fee of—	£90”

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 21st January 2011.

Michael J Bohill

A senior officer of the

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

The Department of Finance and Personnel concurs with the foregoing Order.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 21st January 2011.

Michael Daly

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel