Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 Explanatory Notes

Bankruptcy: Scotland and Northern Ireland

Section 113: Disqualification as director: bankruptcy, etc. in Scotland and Northern Ireland

706.This section amends the CDDA 1986 to add to the list of people prohibited from acting as a director of a company in Great Britain all persons who are subject to bankruptcy restrictions in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Section 114: Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002: bankruptcy, etc. in England and Wales or Scotland

707.This section amends the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 to add to the list of people prohibited from acting as a director of a company in Northern Ireland all persons who are subject to bankruptcy restrictions in Great Britain.

Section 115: Disqualification as insolvency practitioner: bankruptcy, etc. in Scotland or Northern Ireland

708.This section amends the Insolvency Act 1986 to extend the list of persons who are prohibited from acting as an insolvency practitioner in Great Britain to persons who are subject to bankruptcy and debt relief restrictions in Northern Ireland, bankruptcy restrictions orders in Scotland and debt relief restrictions orders in England and Wales.

Section 116: Disqualification as insolvency practitioner in Northern Ireland: bankruptcy, etc. in England and Wales or Scotland

709.This section amends the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 to extend the list of persons who are disqualified from acting as insolvency practitioners in Northern Ireland to persons who are subject to bankruptcy restrictions in Great Britain, debt relief orders in England and Wales and debt relief restriction orders in Northern Ireland and England and Wales.

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