Amendments to the 1986 Rules

4.  In Part 5A (debt relief orders)(1)—

(a)in Rule 5A.7(6) (prescribed verification checks)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (b) omit “debtor’s or”;

(ii)after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba)whether the debtor has made a bankruptcy application prior to the determination date;”;

(iii)in sub-paragraph (c)—

(aa)before “bankruptcy petition” insert “a bankruptcy application has been made or”;

(bb)after “in relation to” insert “the application or”;

(iv)in sub-paragraph (d) omit from “and whether the court” to “debt relief order”.

(b)omit Rule 5A.22 (referral of debtor, by court, to intermediary under section 274A).