C2C5C4C3C6Part XV Subordinate Legislation

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pt. 15 (ss. 411-422) applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, arts. 8(4)(5)(8)(9), 10(2)(3)(6), Sch. 4 Pt. II, Sch. 7

C5

Third Group of Parts (Pts. 12-19) applied to limited liability partnerships (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1090, reg. 5, Schs. 3, 4 (as amended: (4.3.2004) by S.I. 2004/355, art. 10; (1.10.2005) by S.I. 2005/1989, reg. 3, Sch. 2 (with reg. 4); (8.12.2017) by The Insolvency (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1119), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pts. 2, 3; and (16.2.2021) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/60), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with reg. 3(2)))

C6

Third Group of Parts (Pts. 12-19) applied (with modifications) (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), reg. 2, Sch. 1 para. 3 (with reg. 5) (as amended (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1399, regs. 1(2), 4)

Other order-making powers

C1421 Insolvent estates of deceased persons.

1

The Lord Chancellor may, by order made with the concurrence of the Secretary of State F1and the Lord Chief Justice, provide that such provisions of this Act as may be specified in the order shall apply F2in relation to the administration of the insolvent estates of deceased persons with such modifications as may be so specified.

F31A

An order under this section may make provision in relation to the F6EU Regulation .

1B

But provision made by virtue of this section in relation to the F7EU Regulation may not create F8a new relevant offence.

2

An order under this section may make different provision for different cases and may contain such incidental, supplemental and transitional provisions as may appear to the Lord Chancellor F4and the Lord Chief Justice necessary or expedient.

3

An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

4

For the purposes of this section the estate of a deceased person is insolvent if, when realised, it will be insufficient to meet in full all the debts and other liabilities to which it is subject.

F55

The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.