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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND


2006 No. 61

INSOLVENCY

The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Minor and Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

  Made 22nd February 2006 
  Coming into operation 27th March 2006 

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Articles 3(4) and 30 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005[1] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Minor and Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 27 March 2006.

Consequential amendments to primary legislation
    
2. Subject to Article 4, the amendments to the primary legislation set out in Part 1 of the Schedule shall have effect.

Consequential amendments to secondary legislation
    
3. Subject to Article 4, the amendments to the secondary legislation set out in Part 2 of the Schedule shall have effect.

Transitional provisions
    
4. Nothing in Articles 2 and 3 or the Schedule shall apply in any case where a petition for an administration order was presented before the date mentioned in Article 1.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on


22nd February 2006

L.S.


Michael J Bohill
A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment


SCHEDULE
Articles 2 and 3



PART 1

PRIMARY LEGISLATION

THE INSOLVENCY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989

     1. The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989[
2] shall be amended as specified in paragraphs 2 and 3.

     2. In Article 2(3) (general interpretation) after "the winding up of a company" there shall be inserted "or where a company is in administration".

     3. In Article 5(1) (interpretation) —

THE INSOLVENCY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 2005

     4. The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 shall be amended as specified in paragraph 5.

     5. In Schedule 2 paragraph 25 shall be omitted.



PART 2

SECONDARY LEGISLATION

The Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982
     6. In regulation 9B(2) of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982[
3] (insolvency of employer)—

The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987
     7. In regulation 7(4) of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987[4] (liability of the Board to pay statutory maternity pay)—

The Financial Markets and Insolvency Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991
     8. The Financial Markets and Insolvency Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991[5] shall be amended as specified in paragraphs 9, 10 and 11.

     9. In regulation 14 (limitation on disapplication of Articles 23(1)(b) and 24(3)(c) of the Insolvency Order in relation to CGO Service charges)

     10. In regulation 15 (ability of administrator or receiver to recover assets in case of property subject to CGO service charge or Talisman charge)—

     11. In regulation 17(1) (court having jurisdiction in respect of proceedings under Part V of the Order) after "97(2)" there shall be inserted ", (2A)".

The Land Registration Rules (Northern Ireland) 1994
     12. In Rule 166(1) of the Land Registration Rules (Northern Ireland) 1994[7] (administration orders and liquidation of a company)—

The Financial Markets and Insolvency Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
     13. The Financial Markets and Insolvency Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996[8] shall be amended as specified in paragraphs 14, 15 and 16.

     14. In regulation 6 (limitation on disapplication of Articles 23(1)(b) and 24(3)(c) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 in relation to system-charges)—

     15. In regulation 7 (limitation on disapplication of Articles 23(1)(b) and 24(3)(c) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 in relation to system-charges granted by a system-beneficiary)—

     16. In regulation 8 (ability of administrator or receiver to recover assets in case of property subject to system-charge)—

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
     17. In Part III of Schedule 10 to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999[9] (incapacity) in paragraph 21 for the words "to an administration order being made in relation to it" there shall be substituted "entering administration".

The Motor Vehicles (Construction And Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
     18. In Schedule 3 to the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999[10] (authorised sealers ) in paragraph 5(3)(a) for "an administration order is made in relation to it" there shall be substituted "enters administration".

The General Insurance Reserves (Tax) Regulations 2001
     19. In regulation 6(1)(b) of the General Insurance Reserves (Tax) Regulations 2001[11] (excluded descriptions of general insurer) "in relation to which an administration order has been made under Article 21 of the Order or a company" shall be omitted and at the end there shall be added "or Schedule B1 to the Order".

The Statutory Paternity Pay And Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
     20. In regulation 43(3)(c) of the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002[12] (liability of the Board to pay statutory paternity pay or statutory adoption pay) "or an administration order" shall be omitted and after "respect to it" there shall be inserted "or it enters administration".

The Insolvent Companies (Reports On Conduct Of Directors) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003
     21. The Insolvent Companies (Reports on Conduct of Directors) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003[13] shall be amended as specified in paragraphs 22 and 23.

     22. In Rule 4(1)(c) (reports required under Article 10(4) of the Order) omit "in relation to which the High Court makes an administration order" and substitute "which enters administration".

     23. In Rule 5(4)(d) (return by office-holder) for "of the administration order made in relation to the company" there shall be substituted "that the company enters administration".

The Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
     24. The Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005[14] shall be amended as specified in paragraphs 25 and 26.

     25. In regulation 5 (prescribed insolvency events)—

     26. In regulation 6 (circumstances in which insolvency proceedings in relation to the employer are stayed or come to an end)—



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order makes amendments to primary and secondary legislation consequent upon the changes made by the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 ("the 2005 Order") to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 ("the 1989 Order").

Articles 2 and 3 give effect to the Schedule to the Order; Part 1 of the Schedule makes amendments to the 1989 Order and the 2005 Order and Part 2 of the Schedule makes amendments to secondary legislation all of which are consequential upon changes made by the 2005 Order to the law on the procedure for administration as set out in the 1989 Order. Article 4 contains transitional provisions for cases where a petition for an administration order is presented before 27 March 2006.

The costs to business of the commencement of the provisions of the 2005 Order are set out in the Regulatory Impact Assessment prepared for that Order. Copies of the assessment are available from Legislation Unit, The Insolvency Service, Fermanagh House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2 8NJ.


Notes:

[1] S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)back

[2] S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)back

[3] S.R. 1982 No. 263; regulation 9B(2) was inserted by regulation 2 of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No. 131)back

[4] S.R. 1987 No. 30back

[5] S.R. 1991 No. 443back

[6] Schedule B1 was inserted by Article 3(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005back

[7] S.R. 1994 No. 424back

[8] S.R. 1996 No. 252back

[9] S.R. 1999 No. 115back

[10] S.R. 1999 No. 454back

[11] S.I.2001/1757. Originally Regulation 6(b). Amended by Article 5 of, and paragraph 78 in Part 2 of the Schedule to, the Enterprise Act 2002 (Insolvency) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2096). Re-numbered as Regulation 6(1)(b) under Regulation 8 of the General Insurance Reserves (Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2862)back

[12] S.R. 2002 No. 378back

[13] S.R. 2003 No. 357back

[14] S.R. 2005 No. 126 as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 364back

[15] Part III of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 was substituted by Article 3(1) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005back

[16] Part II of the Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991, S.R 1991 No. 364 including Rule 2.133 was substituted by The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules Northern Ireland 2006 S.R 2006 No. 47back

[17] Article 364 was amended by S.R. 2002 No. 223back

[18] S.R. 2006 No. 47back



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Prepared 8 March 2006


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