Registration of trustee in bankruptcyE+W
168.—(1) Where—
(a)a proprietor has had a bankruptcy order made against him, or
(b)an insolvency administration order has been made in respect of a deceased proprietor,
and the bankrupt's or deceased's registered estate or registered charge has vested in the trustee in bankruptcy, the trustee may apply for the alteration of the register by registering himself in place of the bankrupt or deceased proprietor.
(2) The application must be supported by, as appropriate—
(a)the bankruptcy order relating to the bankrupt or the insolvency administration order relating to the deceased's estate, and
(b)a certificate signed by the trustee that the registered estate or registered charge is comprised in the bankrupt's estate or deceased's estate, and
(c)where the official receiver is the trustee, a certificate by him to that effect, and, where the trustee is another person, the evidence referred to in paragraph (3).
(3) The evidence referred to at paragraph (2)(c) is—
(a)his certificate of appointment as trustee by the meeting of the bankrupt's or deceased debtor's creditors, or
(b)his certificate of appointment as trustee by the Secretary of State, or
(c)the order of the court appointing him trustee.
(4) In this rule, “insolvency administration order” has the same meaning as in section 385(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 M1.
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