The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016

Application by the official receiver to annul the bankruptcy order (section 261(2)(b))

8.33.—(1) An application by the official receiver to the court under section 261(2)(b) to annul a bankruptcy order must be supported by a report stating—

(a) the grounds on which it is made;

(b) that the time period in paragraph (2) has expired; and

(c) that the official receiver is not aware that any application under section 262 or appeal remains to be disposed of.

(2) The official receiver must not make such an application before the expiry of the period of 42 days beginning with the day on which—

(a) the nominee filed the report of the creditors’ consideration with the court, where the creditors considered the proposal under section 257(1) following a report to a court under section 256(1)(aa); or

(b) the nominee delivered a notice to the creditors of the result of their consideration, where the creditors considered the proposal under section 257 following a report to the creditors under section 256A(3)(2).

(3) The application and the report must be filed with the court and the court must deliver a notice of the venue for the hearing to the official receiver.

(4) Not less than five business days before the date of the hearing, the official receiver must deliver a notice of the venue, with a copy of the application and the report, to the bankrupt.

(1)

Section 257 and the preceding heading are amended by paragraphs 63 and 64 of Schedule 9 to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26) which substitutes subsections (1) and (2) and inserts new subsections (2A) and (2B).

(2)

Subsection 256A(3) is amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 19 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and paragraph 62 of Schedule 9 to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26).