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2017 No. 1115

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The Insolvency (England and Wales) and Insolvency (Scotland) (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) Rules 2017

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Lord Chancellor has consulted the committee existing for the purposes of section 413 of the Insolvency Act 19861 (“the Act”).

The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and with the concurrence of the Chancellor of the High Court (nominated by the Lord Chief Justice under sections 411(7) and 412(6) of the Act) in relation to those rules which affect court procedure, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 411 and 412 of the Act2, makes the Rules in Part 1.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Introductory Rule 5(1) of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 20163 and sections 411 and 412 of, and paragraphs 27 of Schedule 8 and 30 of Schedule 9 to, the Act, makes the Rules in Part 2.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 411 of the Act, makes the Rules in Part 3.

The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Insolvency Act 20004 makes the Rules in Part 4.

The Secretary of State being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to insolvency5 in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by that section, makes the Rules in Part 5.