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The Insolvency (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

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1.—(1) In this Schedule

“the bankruptcy ceiling” means in relation to a bankruptcy, the sum which is arrived at by adding together—

(a)

the bankruptcy debts required to be paid under the Rules;

(b)

any interest payable by virtue of Article 300(4) of the 1989 Order; and

(c)

the expenses of the bankruptcy as set out in Rule 6.222 other than—

(i)

any sums spent out of money received in carrying on the business of the bankrupt; and

(ii)

fee B2 in the Table set out in paragraph 2;

“chargeable receipts” means those sums which are paid into the Insolvency Account after first deducting any amounts paid into the Insolvency Account which are subsequently paid out to secured creditors in respect of their securities or in carrying on the business of the company or the bankrupt;

“the insolvency legislation” means the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, the Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991 and the Insolvency Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1); and

“the registrar” means the registrar appointed under Article 210(1) of the 1989 Order and any reference to the register is to the register to be kept by him under Article 212 of that Order.

(2) In this Schedule, references to the performance of the “general duties” of the official receiver on the making of a winding-up or bankruptcy order—

(a)include the payment by the official receiver of any fees, costs or disbursements except for those associated with the realisation of assets or the distribution of funds to creditors; but

(b)do not include anything done by the official receiver in connection with or for the purposes of—

(i)the appointment of agents for the purposes of, or in connection with, the realisation of assets;

(ii)the making of a distribution to creditors (including preferential or secured creditors or both such classes of creditor);

(iii)the realisation of assets on behalf of the holder of a fixed or floating charge or both types of those charges; or

(iv)the supervision of a special manager.

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