Debt relief orders in Northern Ireland
168.Paragraph 2 adds debt relief orders (“DRO”) in Northern Ireland to the list of circumstances in which an individual is a relevant person for the purposes of the 2010 Act.(28)
A DRO lasts for 12 months, during which creditors named in it cannot take any action to recover their money without permission from the court. At the end of the 12 months the person subject to the DRO will, provided his or her circumstances have not changed, be freed from all debts included in the DRO.