The Insolvency (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2016

Amendments to the 1986 Rules

4.  After rule 7.47(4), insert—

“(5) In this rule—

“Circuit Judge sitting in the county court” means a judge sitting pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the County Courts Act 1984(1);

“Civil Division of the Court of Appeal” means the division of the Court of Appeal established by section 3(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981(2);

“Chancery Division of the High Court” means the division of the High Court established by section 5(1)(a) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;

“county court” means the court established by section A1 of the County Courts Act 1984;

“district judge” means a person appointed a district judge under section 6(1) of the County Courts Act 1984;

“district judge sitting in a district registry” means a district judge sitting in an assigned district registry as a district judge of the High Court under section 100 of the Senior Courts Act 1981;

“district registry” means a district registry of the High Court under section 99 of the Senior Courts Act 1981;

“High Court Judge” means a judge listed in section 4(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;

“Master” means a person appointed to the office of Master, Chancery Division under section 89(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;

“Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court” means a person appointed to the office of Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court under section 89(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;

and for the purposes of each definition a person appointed to act as a deputy for any person holding that office is included..”.

(1)

1984 c.28. Section A1 was inserted by section 17(1) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 c.22.

(2)

1981 c.54. There are amending instruments but none is relevant.