Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013
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Miscellaneous amendments to enactments consequential on transfer of Official Assignee to Insolvency Service | ||
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41. (1) Section 32 (3) of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 is amended by the substitution of “such fee as may be prescribed under section 20 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 ” for “in the Bankruptcy Office such court fees as are payable on a realisation account of the Official Assignee in a bankruptcy matter”. | ||
(2) The Eighth Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 is amended— | ||
(a) in paragraph 2, by deleting “The Office of the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy,”, | ||
(b) in paragraph 3, by deleting “The Official Assignee in Bankruptcy,”, and | ||
(c) by deleting paragraph 9. | ||
(3) Part 2 of the Schedule to the Dormant Accounts Act 2001 is amended— | ||
(a) in paragraph 1, by deleting subparagraph (g), and | ||
(b) by the insertion, after paragraph 3, of the following: | ||
“3A. An account held by the Official Assignee.”. | ||
(4) Section 2 (1) of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 is amended by the insertion of the following: | ||
“ ‘Official Assignee’ has the same meaning as it has in the Bankruptcy Act 1988 ;”. |