Version Superseded: 06/04/2014
Point in time view as at 06/04/2003. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Insolvency Act 1986, Section 401 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)The Secretary of State may, if he thinks it expedient to do so in order to facilitate the disposal of the business of the official receiver attached to any court, appoint an officer of his department to act as deputy to that official receiver.
(2)Subject to any directions given by the Secretary of State under section 399 or 400, a person appointed to act as deputy to an official receiver has, on such conditions and for such period as may be specified in the terms of his appointment, the same status and functions as the official receiver to whom he is appointed deputy.
Accordingly, references in this Act (except section 399(1) to (5)) to an official receiver include a person appointed to act as his deputy.
(3)An appointment made under subsection (1) may be terminated at any time by the Secretary of State.
(4)The Secretary of State may, subject to the approval of the Treasury as to numbers and remuneration and as to the other terms and conditions of the appointments, appoint officers of his department to assist official receivers in the carrying out of their functions.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 401 applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/1999, art. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. II
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