Statutory Instruments
Insolvency, England And Wales
Companies
Made
18th December 2013
Laid before Parliament
19th December 2013
Coming into force
31st January 2014
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Rules—
in the exercise of powers conferred by section 411 of the Insolvency Act 1986(1) and subsections 73(3) and (4) of the Postal Services Act 2011(2),
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and
with the concurrence of the Chancellor of the High Court (by authority of the Lord Chief Justice, under section 411(7)(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986) in relation to those rules that affect court procedure.
1986 c.45, as amended by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40). Section 411 was amended by the Insolvency Act 1986 (Amendment Regulations) (S.I. 2002/1037). Section 411(3) was amended by the Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194), Schedule 4, Part 3, paragraph 44. There are other amending Acts and instruments but none is relevant.
2011 c.5. Section 73(4) of that Act disapplies section 413(2) of the 1986 Act (duty to consult the Insolvency Rules Committee before making rules under section 411 of the 1986 Act).
Subsection (7) was inserted by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 c. 4, Schedule 4, paragraphs 185 and 188(1) and (3).