Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Deregulation Act 2015 (Commencement No. 6 and Savings Provision) Order 2016.

Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2017

2.  The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Deregulation Act 2015 in England and Wales is 6th April 2017-

(a)section 19 so far as it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 6 referred to in sub-paragraph (b); and

(b)paragraphs 13(1), 14 and 15 of Schedule 6(2).

Savings provision

3.  The Insolvency Act 1986(3) continues to apply without the amendments made by paragraph 15 of Schedule 6 to the Deregulation Act 2015 where a bankruptcy order is made before the 6th April 2017 and the bankrupt is required to submit a statement of affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force specified provisions of the Deregulation Act 2015 ("the Act"). This is the sixth commencement order made under the Act. Some provisions came into force on the passing of the Act and some two months after that date. The provisions commenced by this Order relate to the bankruptcy provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) which only extend to England and Wales.

Article 2 commences section 19 and paragraphs 13(1) and 14 of Schedule 6 of the Act (which amend the Insolvency Act). Paragraph 13(1) amends section 286 of the Insolvency Act to enable the appointment of an insolvency practitioner as an interim receiver after the presentation of a creditor's bankruptcy petition (currently only the official receiver can be appointed). Paragraph 14 makes a consequential amendment.

Article 2 also commences paragraph 15 of Schedule 6 of the Act which replaces the requirement in a bankruptcy based on a creditor's petition to submit a statement of affairs to the official receiver with a power for the official receiver to require a statement of affairs.

Article 3 makes savings provision for bankruptcies where the order is made before the day appointed for commencement of the provisions listed in Article 2 and a bankrupt is required to submit a statement of affairs.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by earlier commencement orders.