Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26)

PART 9 U.K. Directors' disqualification etc

Bankruptcy: Scotland and Northern Ireland U.K.

115 Disqualification as insolvency practitioner: bankruptcy, etc in Scotland or Northern Ireland U.K.

In section 390 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (persons not qualified to act as insolvency practitioners)—

(a) in subsection (4)—

(i) in paragraph (a), after “bankrupt” insert “ under this Act or the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 ”;

(ii) in paragraph (aa), after “a debt relief order” insert “ under this Act or the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 ”;

(b) for subsection (5) substitute—

“(5) A person is not qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner while there is in force in respect of that person—

(a) a bankruptcy restrictions order under this Act, the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 or the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, or

(b) a debt relief restrictions order under this Act or that Order.”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 115 in force at 1.10.2015 by S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 2(i) (with Sch. para. 13)