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The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2015

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15.—(1) The amendments made by Rules 2 to 12 and Rule 14 apply where—

(a)the appointment of an administrator takes effect,

(b)a liquidator is nominated under section 100(2), or 139(3) of the Act (1),

(c)a liquidator is appointed under section 139(4) or 140 of the Act,

(d)a person is directed by the court or appointed to be liquidator under section 100(3) of the Act,

(e)a liquidator is nominated or the administrator becomes the liquidator under paragraph 83(7) of Schedule B1(2) to the Act, or

(f)a trustee of a bankrupt’s estate is appointed,

on or after 1st October 2015.

(2) Rule 4.127(5A) of the 1986 Rules does not apply where an administrator is appointed prior to 1st October 2015 and—

(a)a company which is in administration moves into winding up under paragraph 83 of Schedule B1 to the Act and the administrator becomes the liquidator, or

(b)a winding-up order is made immediately upon the appointment of an administrator ceasing to have effect and the court under section 140(1) appoints as liquidator the person whose appointment as administrator has ceased to have effect,

on or after 1st October 2015.

(2)

Schedule B1 to the Act was inserted by the Enterprise Act 2002, s.248(2), Sch.16.

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