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PART 10Insolvency

Regulation of insolvency practitioners: amendments to existing regime

143Compliance orders

After section 391S of the Insolvency Act 1986 (inserted by section 142) insert—

391TCompliance orders

(1)If at any time it appears to the Secretary of State that—

(a)a recognised professional body has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on it by or by virtue of this Part, or

(b)any other person has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on the person by virtue of section 391S,

the Secretary of State may make an application to the court.

(2)If, on an application under this section, the court decides that the body or other person has failed to comply with the requirement in question, it may order the body or person to take such steps as the court considers will secure that the requirement is complied with.

(3)In this section, “the court” means the High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session.