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The Debt Relief Orders (Designation of Competent Authorities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011
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4.—(1) A body may not be designated a competent authority unless it is a fit and proper body to act as such.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), a body is not a fit and proper body qualified to act as a competent authority if it—
(a)has committed any offence under any statutory provision contained in insolvency legislation;
(b)has engaged in any deceitful or oppressive or otherwise unfair or improper practices, whether unlawful or not, or any practices which otherwise cast doubt upon the probity of the body; or
(c)has not carried on its activities with integrity and the skills appropriate to the proper performance of the duties of—
(i)a body which purports to ensure the provision of, or to provide, debt management or debt counselling services to the public, or
(ii)a competent authority; or
(d)has entered into a company voluntary arrangement under Part 2 of the Order.
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