The Insolvency Practitioners Regulations 2005

Returns by insolvency practitioners authorised by the Secretary of State

11.—(1) Every holder of an authorisation granted by the Secretary of State shall make a return to the Secretary of State in respect of each period of 12 months ending on 31st December during the whole or any part of which he held an authorisation granted by the Secretary of State containing the following information—

(a) the number of cases in respect of whom the holder of the authorisation has acted as an insolvency practitioner during the period;

(b) in respect of each case where the holder of the authorisation has acted as an insolvency practitioner—

(i) the name of the person in respect of whom the insolvency practitioner is acting,

(ii) the date of the appointment of the holder of the authorisation,

(iii) the type of proceedings involved, and

(iv) the number of hours worked in relation to the case by the holder of the authorisation and any person assigned to assist him in the case; and

(c) the following details of any continuing professional development undertaken activity during the period by the holder of the authorisation—

(i) the nature of the activity;

(ii) the date that the activity was undertaken;

(iii) the duration of the activity; and

(iv) the topics covered by the activity.

(2) Every return required to be submitted pursuant to this regulation shall be submitted within one month of the end of the period to which it relates.

(3) The Secretary of State may at any time request the holder of an authorisation to provide any information relating to any matters of the kind referred to in paragraph (1) and any such request shall be complied with by the holder of the authorisation within one month of its receipt or such longer period as the Secretary of State may allow.