The Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

8.  The functions of the official receiver—

(a) exercisable under rule 4.180(2) (functions of liquidation committee exercisable by official receiver), rule 6.163(2) (functions of creditors' committee exercisable by official receiver) or rule 6.230(2) (bankrupt may, with official receiver’s consent, travel to Great Britain or the Republic of Ireland); or

(b) in relation to the hearing of an application made under—

(i) Article 254 (discharge by order of the Court);

(ii) rule 4.040(2) (application to the Court for a release or extension of time in respect of statement of affairs in a winding up by the Court); or

(iii) rule 6.060(2) (application to the Court by bankrupt for a release or extension of time in respect of statement of affairs).