Amendments to the 1986 Rules
7. In Part 7 (court procedure and practice)(1)—
(a)in Rule 7.9(1)(b) (use of reports)—
(i)at the end of sub-paragraph (ii) insert “or”;
(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) omit “, or” and insert “.”;
(iii)omit sub-paragraph (iv).
(b)in Rule 7.31A (court file)—
(i)at the beginning of paragraph (1) for “The” substitute “Save where a bankruptcy file has been opened under Rule 6.50, the”;
(ii)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) However, where a bankruptcy file has been opened under Rule 6.50, documents filed with the court under the Act or the Rules must be placed on the bankruptcy file.”.
(c)(i)in Rule 7.37A (petitions presented by insolvents) for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) This Rule applies where a winding-up petition is presented by a company against itself and references in this rule to “the insolvent” are to be read as a reference to the company.”;
(ii)in paragraph (2) for “in either of the cases” substitute “on a petition of a kind”.
Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2010/686.