The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/586
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 1995 and shall come into force on 1 April 1995.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Rules references to “the principal Rules” are to the Insolvency Rules 1986 and a Rule referred to by number means the Rule so numbered in the principal Rules.

Section 3 Application

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the principal Rules shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule to these Rules.

(2) The amendments to the principal Rules set out in the Schedule to these Rules shall not apply in relation to—

(a) winding-up proceedings commenced before 1 April 1995, or

(b) bankruptcy proceedings where the bankruptcy petition was presented before that day.

Section 1 Amendment of Rule 4.218

For sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of paragraph (1) of Rule 4.218 there shall be substituted the following:

(c) the fees payable under any order made under section 414, including those payable to the official receiver (other than the fee referred to in sub-paragraph (d)(i) below), and any remuneration payable to him under general regulations;

(d)

(i) the fee payable under any order made under section 414 for the performance by the official receiver of his general duties as official receiver;

(ii) any repayable deposit lodged under any such order as security for the fee mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);

Section 2 Amendment of Rule 6.224

For sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of paragraph (1) of Rule 6.224 there shall be substituted the following:

(c) the fees payable under any order made under section 415, including those payable to the official receiver (other than the fee referred to in sub-paragraph (d)(i) below), and any remuneration payable to him under general regulations;

(d)

(i) the fee payable under any order made under section 415 for the performance by the official receiver of his general duties as official receiver;

(ii) any repayable deposit lodged under any such order as security for the fee mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) (except where the deposit is applied to the payment of the remuneration of an insolvency practitioner appointed under section 273 (debtor’s petition));