The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

[F11  A company is “eligible” for the purposes of this Part unless it is excluded from being eligible by any of the following—N.I.

  • paragraph 2 (current or recent insolvency procedure);

  • paragraph 3 (insurance companies);

  • paragraph 4 (banks);

  • paragraph 5 (electronic money institutions);

  • paragraph 6 (investment banks and investment firms);

  • paragraph 7 (market contracts, market charges, etc);

  • paragraph 8 (participants in designated systems);

  • paragraph 9 (payment institutions);

  • paragraph 10 (operators of payment systems, infrastructure providers etc);

  • paragraph 11 (recognised investment exchanges, clearing houses and CSDs);

  • paragraph 12 (securitisation companies);

  • paragraph 13 (parties to capital market arrangements);

  • paragraph 15 (public-private partnership project companies);

  • paragraph 18 (certain overseas companies).]