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Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

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  1. Introduction

  2. Background and Policy Objectives

  3. Overview

  4. Commentary on Sections

    1. Section 1: Attendance at meetings and use of websites

      1. Article 208ZA

      2. Article 208ZB

      3. Article 345A

      4. Article 345B

    2. Section 2: References to things in writing

    3. Section 3: Removal of requirement for annual meetings in a members’ voluntary and a creditors’ voluntary winding up

    4. Section 4: Requirements in relation to meetings under Articles 81 and 84 of the Insolvency Order

    5. Section 5: Individual voluntary arrangements: removal of requirement to submit a nominee’s report to the High Court

    6. Section 6: Fast-track voluntary arrangements: notification of the Department

    7. Section 7: Powers of liquidator exercisable with or without sanction in a winding up

    8. Section 8: Powers of trustee exercisable with or without sanction in a bankruptcy

    9. Section 9: Definition of debt

    10. Section 10: Treatment of liabilities relating to contracts of employment

    11. Section 11: Deeds of arrangement

    12. Section 12: Bankruptcy: early discharge procedure

    13. Section 13: After-acquired property of bankrupt

    14. Section 14: Authorisation of insolvency practitioners

    15. Section 15: Regulatory objectives

    16. Section 16: Oversight of recognised professional bodies

    17. Section 17: Recognised professional bodies: revocation of recognition

    18. Section 18: Court sanction of insolvency practitioners in public interest cases

    19. Section 19: Power for Department to obtain information

    20. Section 20: Compliance orders

    21. Power to establish single regulator of insolvency practitioners

      1. Section 21: Power to establish single regulator of insolvency practitioners

      2. Section 22: Regulations under section 21: designation of existing body

      3. Section 23: Power to make regulations

      4. Section 24: Company arrangement or administration provision to apply to a credit union

      5. Section 25: Disqualification from office: duty to consult the Lord Chief Justice

    22. Section 26: Interpretation

    23. Section 27: Transitional provisions, minor and consequential amendments and repeals

    24. Section 28: Commencement

    25. Section 29: Short title

    26. Schedule 1: Single regulator of insolvency practitioners: supplementary provision

    27. Schedule 2: Transitional Provisions

    28. Schedule 3: Minor and Consequential Amendments

    29. Schedule 4: Repeals

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