The Insolvency Practitioners (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/2170
• Sections: 2

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Insolvency Practitioners (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on the day after they are laid before Parliament.

Section 2

(1) The Insolvency Practitioners Regulations 1986 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In Regulation 6 (practical training and experience requirements for applicants), after paragraph (5) add–

(5A) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above, the reference to an insolvency practitioner in the definition of office-holder in Regulation 1(3) shall be construed in accordance with section 388 of the Act but without regard to subsection (5) of that section and references to an office-holder who has been appointed or to a person who has been appointed an office-holder shall include references to the official receiver in any case where the official receiver is or has been an office-holder whether by virtue of his office or otherwise.