Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
Regulation 6 amends regulation 18 of the principal regulations so as to increase the hourly rates of remuneration prescribed for the Official Assignee and his or her staff for the purposes of section 406 of the 2006 Act.
Regulation 7 amends regulation 63 of the principal regulations so as to require, while a summary instalment order is operative in relation to a debtor under subpart 3 of Part 5 of the 2006 Act, payments to the debtor’s creditors to be made every 6 months (instead of the current 4 months).
Regulation 8 amends regulation 70 of the principal regulations so as to require a public register maintained under section 62, 354, or 368 of the 2006 Act to contain a debtor’s month of birth. This is in addition to the current requirement that the register contain the debtor’s year of birth.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 25 February 2016.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.