PART 9Directors' disqualification etc

Bankruptcy: Scotland and Northern Ireland

I1115Disqualification as insolvency practitioner: bankruptcy, etc in Scotland or Northern Ireland

In section 390 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (persons not qualified to act as insolvency practitioners)—

a

in subsection (4)—

i

in paragraph (a), after “bankrupt” insert “ under this Act or the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 ”;

ii

in paragraph (aa), after “a debt relief order” insert “ under this Act or the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 ”;

b

for subsection (5) substitute—

5

A person is not qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner while there is in force in respect of that person—

a

a bankruptcy restrictions order under this Act, the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 or the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, or

b

a debt relief restrictions order under this Act or that Order.