http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/10.162The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseINSOLVENCY, ENGLAND AND WALES;COMPANIES, INDIVIDUALS2024-07-02Expert Participation2024-06-28 These Rules set out the detailed procedures for the conduct of all company and personal insolvency proceedings in England and Wales under the Insolvency Act 1986 and otherwise give effect to that Act. These Rules supersede the Insolvency Rules 1986 (SI 1986/1925 as amended). Those Rules are revoked along with 29 amending Rules. These Rules give effect to amendments made to the Insolvency Act by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2011 (c.24), the Deregulation Act 2015 (c.20) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26). PART 10BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER 20Criminal bankruptcyOrder of discharge101An order of the court under section 280(2)(b) (discharge absolutely) or (c) (discharge subject to conditions relating to income or property) must contain—athe name of the court;bidentification details for the bankrupt;cthe date of the bankruptcy order;dthe date of the report of the official receiver in the matter;ethe statement that the court has taken into consideration the report of the official receiver specified in the order as to the bankrupt's conduct and affairs, including the bankrupt's conduct during the bankruptcy;fan order—ithat the bankrupt be discharged absolutely, oriithat the bankrupt be discharged but that the bankrupt's discharge be suspended until the conditions specified in the order are fulfilled;gthe date on which the order is made;hthe date on which the order takes effect; andiany conditions required to be fulfilled for discharge.2Copies of any order made on an application by the bankrupt for discharge under section 280 must be delivered by the court to the bankrupt, the trustee and the official receiver.3The order must contain a notice to the bankrupt stating that should the bankrupt require notice of the order to be gazetted and to be advertised in the same manner as the bankruptcy order was advertised, then the bankrupt must within 28 days deliver a notice of that requirement to the official receiver
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