Personal Insolvency Act 2012

63.

Debt Settlement Arrangement: Right of appeal as respects protective certificate.

63.— (1) Where a creditor is aggrieved by the issue of a protective certificate that creditor may within 14 days of the giving of notice of the issue of the protective certificate to that creditor apply to the appropriate court for an order directing that the protective certificate shall not apply to that creditor.

(2) A creditor who brings an application under subsection (1) shall give notice to the Insolvency Service and the relevant personal insolvency practitioner and to such other persons as the court may direct of that fact, and the application shall be made in such form as is provided for in rules of court.

(3) In determining an application under this section the court shall not make an order directing that the protective certificate shall not apply to that creditor unless it is satisfied that—

(a) not making such an order would cause irreparable loss to the creditor which would not otherwise occur, and

(b) no other creditor to whom notice of the protective certificate has been given would be unfairly prejudiced.

(4) In determining the costs of the application the court shall have regard to the objective that all the parties to such an application should bear their own costs unless to do so would cause a serious injustice to the parties to the application.

(5) Where the court makes an order under this section, the court shall, unless it considers that there are good reasons not to do so, direct the creditor to hold any moneys or other assets recovered in trust for the benefit of the other creditors to whom the protective certificate applies, pending a further direction on the matter by the court.

(6) A hearing under subsection (1) shall be held with all due expedition.