The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010

Amendments to Rule 2.19

41.—(1) Rule 2.19 (appointment taking place out of court business hours) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1), for “in accordance with paragraph (3)” substitute “or sending it as an attachment to an e-mail in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (3A)”.

(3) For paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) The notice must be—

(a) faxed to a designated telephone number, or

(b) sent as an attachment by e-mail to a designated e-mail address,

which must be provided by the Court Service for that purpose.

(3A) The Secretary of State must publish the designated telephone number and e-mail address on The Insolvency Service website and, on request to The Insolvency Service, make them available in writing.”.

(4) In paragraph (4)—

(a) after “ensure that” insert “(a)”;

(b) after “date of the fax transmission” insert “and the telephone number to which the notice was faxed”;

(c) at the end add—

“,or

(b) a hard copy of the e-mail is created detailing the time and date of the e-mail and the address to which it was sent and containing a copy of the document sent as an attachment,

as the case may be; and the appointor must retain the report or hard copy.”.

(5) In paragraph (5), for “that fax transmission” substitute “the fax transmission or sending of the e-mail”.

(6) In paragraph (6), for “received by the Court Service fax machine” substitute “, or the e-mail (or a hard copy of the e-mail) containing the notice of appointment, as (in either case) received by the Court Service,”.

(7) In paragraph (7), for the words from “showing the date” to “designated telephone number” substitute “or hard copy required by paragraph (4)”.

(8) In paragraph (9)—

(a) after “transmission report” insert “or hard copy of the e-mail”;

(b) after “faxed” insert “or sent”.

(9) In paragraph (11), after “transmission report” insert “or hard copy of the e-mail”.