Personal Insolvency Act 2012
Steps to be taken by personal insolvency practitioner following approval of proposal for Personal Insolvency Arrangement.
112.—F108[(1) Where a Personal Insolvency Arrangement is approved at a creditors’ meeting in accordance with section 110 or, as the case may be, deemed under section 108 to have been approved, the personal insolvency practitioner shall as soon as practicable after the meeting has concluded notify the Insolvency Service and each creditor concerned of that approval or, as the case may be, deemed approval, which notification shall be accompanied by—
(a) (i) subject to subparagraph (ii), a certificate with the result of the vote taken at the creditors’ meeting, identifying the proportions of the respective categories of votes cast by those voting at the creditors’ meeting and stating that the requisite proportions of creditors referred to in section 110(1) have approved the proposal for a Personal Insolvency Arrangement, or
(ii) where the proposal is deemed under section 108(8)(a) (as amended by section 15(b) of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015) to have been approved, a certificate to that effect,
(b) a copy of the approved Personal Insolvency Arrangement, and
(c) a statement by the personal insolvency practitioner to the effect that he or she is of the opinion that—
(i) the debtor satisfies the eligibility criteria for the proposal of a Personal Insolvency Arrangement specified in section 91,
(ii) the approved Personal Insolvency Arrangement complies with the mandatory requirements referred to in section 99(2), and
(iii) the approved Personal Insolvency Arrangement does not contain any terms that would release the debtor from an excluded debt or an excludable debt (other than a permitted debt) or otherwise affect such a debt.]
F109[(1A) Where a Personal Insolvency Arrangement is approved or, as the case may be, deemed to have been approved in accordance with section 111A(7) (inserted by section 17 of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015), the personal insolvency practitioner shall as soon as practicable thereafter notify the Insolvency Service and each creditor concerned of that approval or, as the case may be, deemed approval, which notification shall be accompanied by—
(a) a certificate stating that section 111A applies to the proposed Personal Insolvency Arrangement and that the proposal concerned has been approved or, as the case may be, deemed to have been approved in accordance with section 111A(7) by the only creditor entitled to vote on the proposal,
(b) a copy of the approved Personal Insolvency Arrangement, and
(c) a statement by the personal insolvency practitioner to the effect that he or she is of the opinion that—
(i) the debtor satisfies the eligibility criteria for the proposal of a Personal Insolvency Arrangement specified in section 91,
(ii) the approved Personal Insolvency Arrangement complies with the mandatory requirements referred to in section 99(2), and
(iii) the approved Personal Insolvency Arrangement does not contain any terms that would release the debtor from an excluded debt or an excludable debt (other than a permitted debt) or otherwise affect such a debt.]
(2) The personal insolvency practitioner shall, in addition to the documents referred to in subsection (1) F110[or, as the case may be, subsection (1A) (inserted by section 18(b) of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015),] also send a notice to each creditor indicating that he or she may make objection to the coming into effect of the Personal Insolvency Arrangement by lodging a notice of objection with the appropriate court, within 14 days of the date of the sending of that notice.
(3) A creditor may lodge a notice of objection with the appropriate court within 14 days of the date of the sending by the personal insolvency practitioner of the notice referred to in subsection (2) and shall at the same time send a copy of the notice of objection to—
(a) the Insolvency Service, and
(b) the personal insolvency practitioner.
Annotations
Amendments:
F108
Substituted (20.11.2015) by Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015 (32/2015), s. 18(a), S.I. No. 514 of 2015.
F109
Inserted (20.11.2015) by Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015 (32/2015), s. 18(b), S.I. No. 514 of 2015.
F110
Inserted (20.11.2015) by Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015 (32/2015), s. 18(c), S.I. No. 514 of 2015.
Editorial Notes:
E67
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1) substituted (31.07.2013) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013), s. 85, S.I. No. 286 of 2013; substituted as per F-note above.