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Insolvency Act 1985

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2(1)The [1914 c. 47.] Deeds of Arrangement Act 1914 shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsections (1) and (4) of section 3 (extension by court having jurisdiction in bankruptcy of period for assent and registration), for the words " in bankruptcy in " there shall be substituted the words " for the purposes of Part III of the Insolvency Act 198S in relation to ".

(3)In section 11 (security of trustee)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words " in bankruptcy in " and the words " London bankruptcy district" there shall be substituted, respectively, the words " for the purposes of Part III of the Insolvency Act 1985 in relation to " and the words " London insolvency district" ; and

(b)in subsection (2), for the words " in bankruptcy in " there shall be substituted the words " for the purposes of Part III of the Insolvency Act 1985 in relation to ".

(4)In section 13(2) (default in transmission of accounts to Secretary of State), for the words from " and the judge " onwards there shall be substituted the words " and, in addition, shall be guilty of contempt of court and liable to be punished accordingly ".

(5)In section 14 (transmission of accounts to creditors), for the words from "the High Court" onwards there shall be substituted the words " he shall be guilty of contempt of court and liable to be punished accordingly ".

(6)In section 15(1) (audit of accounts in accordance with the [1914 c. 59.] Bankruptcy Act 1914), for the words " all the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act 1914" there shall be substituted the words " any rules made under section 207 of the Insolvency Act 1985 ".

(7)In section 16 (payment of undistributed moneys into court), for the words " in bankruptcy in " there shall be substituted the words " for the purposes of Part III of the Insolvency Act 1985 in relation to ".

(8)In section 19(1) (provisions for protection of trustees under void deeds), for the words " receiving order" there shall be substituted the words " bankruptcy order ".

(9)In section 23 (courts in which applications for enforcement of trusts to be made), for the words " in bankruptcy in " there shall be substituted the words " for the purposes of Part III of the Insolvency Act 1985 in relation to ".

(10)In section 30(1) (interpretation), for the words " the Bankruptcy Act 1914 " there shall be substituted the words " the Insolvency Act 1985 ".

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