Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015

Amendment of section 107 of Principal Act

14. Section 107 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “and section 111A(2)(b) (inserted by section 17 of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015)” after “section 106(2)(b) ”, and

(b) by the substitution of the following for subsection (2):

“(2) Where a debtor’s financial position has materially changed in the period between the completion by him or her of a Prescribed Financial Statement under section 50 and the giving of a notice under section 106(2) or, as the case may be, section 111A(2) (inserted by section 17 of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015)—

(a) the debtor shall inform the personal insolvency practitioner of that fact and of the nature of such change, and

(b) the personal insolvency practitioner shall, if he or she considers that the change necessitates the completion of a new Prescribed Financial Statement, assist the debtor in completing such a new statement, and where those circumstances arise a reference in this section to the Prescribed Financial Statement shall be construed as a reference to the new Prescribed Financial Statement.”.