Notices and Other Information to be read in conjunction with the Technical Manual
Updated March 2006
Chp No.
Subject
Currently under revision
Month Issued
Amended by Notice /Informer Article
Subject
1 The official receiver June 2000 June 2003 T16/03 Changes to CDDA86 following the introduction of section 204 of the Enterprise Act 2002
2
Provisional liquidators and interim receivers
October 1988
March 2005 T9/05 Five Insolvency related statutory instruments which come into force on 1 April 2024
3
Initial procedure when winding-up order made
December 2004
March 2005 T8/05 Transsexual People – The Gender Recognition Act 2004 May 2005 T15/05 Does the Limitation Act 1980 have any impact on the right of a Judgment Creditor to present a winding up petition? The decision in the case of Ridgeway Motors (Isleworth) Limited.4
Initial procedure when bankruptcy order made
December 2005
5
March 2001
March 2004 F2/04
Addition of information regarding frequent petitioner accounts March 2005 T9/05 Five Insolvency related statutory instruments which come into force on 1 April 2024
6
Appeals, stays, rescissions and annulments
October 2004
May 2005 T16-05 Should statutory interest be paid in an annulment case where third party funds are being used and where considerable time has elapsed since the making of the bankruptcy order? May 2005 T18-05
Insolvency Act 1986 section 282(1)(b) Bankrupt not entitled to annulment of bankruptcy order where court not satisfied that debts paid or secured as bankruptcy file destroyed.
June 2005 T21-05 The Charging of the Secretary of State Fee in Annulment (Payment In Full) Cases in Certain Circumstances December 2005 T51-05 Bankruptcy: Annulment Orders obtained on the payment in full grounds: (re)financing schemes: time limit for paying the creditors.
7
July 1998
8 Inspection, protection and collection of assets September 2000
December 2002
M76/02 Details of ORs insurance scheme December 2002 M72/02 Drive by valuations
May 2004
The way in which ORs should deal with companies that are wound up that have been involved in classified UK defense contracts on behalf of MoD.
9
Action against property of insolvent
December 2002
chapter 9 parts 2 and 6 November 2004 March 2005 T9/05 Five Insolvency related statutory instruments which come into force on 1 April 2024
10
Custody, preservation and destruction of records
January 2002
April 2003
Changes to CDDA86 following the introduction of section 204 of the Enterprise Act 2002
March 2004
The introduction of High Court Enforcement Officers and the way insolvency notices are sent to them.
11
December 2005
March 2006 OROS Bulletin Issue 1 of 2006 Change in policy relating to telephone interviews.
12
January 2001
March 2005 T9/05 Five Insolvency related statutory instruments which come into force on 1 April 2024
13
Enforcement of duty to co-operate
April 2004
14
April 2000
15 Aims and conduct of the official receivers investigations February 2006 16 Meetings September 1996
April 2004 T20/04
Costs of convening a requisition ed meeting
17 Appointment of liquidators and trustees ü April 2002
July 2002
M46/02 Official Receiver rotas of insolvency practitioners for Secretary of State trustee/liquidator appointments
December2002
Introduction of the Regional Trustee Liquidator Units March 2003
T10/03 Disclosure of statements supplied by directors and bankrupts October 2003
M24/03 Inland Revenue single reference point
January 2004
National Ci
vil Recovery Rota
December 2004 OROS Bulletin Issue 4 Requests for the appointment of an insolvency practitioner as trustee where the bankrupt is not co-operating October 2005 T38-05 New policy for dealing with requests for appointment of an insolvency practitioner in bankruptcy cases after a notice of no meeting has been issued 18 Reports to creditors and contributories March
2005
19
March 2001
20
Official receivers role in voluntary arrangements
April 2004
December 2004 OROS Bulletin Issue 4 FTVA’s and the Inland Revenue
21
Second or subsequent bankruptcies
April 2004
22
ü
April 2004
23
January 1993
24
December 1995
25 Restrictions on Bankrupts April 2004 June 2004 M25/04 Introduction of LOIS workbook BROs
31
Realisation of assets
November 2004 T45-04 Dealing with Assets: Part 2: Bank/Building Society Accounts and Antecedent Recoveries
31.1
July 2005
Fixed charges over book debts December 2005 T49-05
31.2
August 2005
31.3
March 1998
December 2002 M72/02 Drive by Valuations
January 2003
Property conveyancing scheme: outcome of the competitive tendering process and general matters
31.4
July 1996
December 2002 T71/02 Litigation expenses: The decision in Floor Fourteen Ltd June 2005 T20-05 Civil Partnership Act 200431.5
July 2005
31.6
Stock, work in progress and plant and machinery
August 1997
31.7
Income payments agreements and income payment orders
April 2004
June 2005 T20-05 Civil Partnership Act 2004 September 2005 T34-05 Courts Act 2003
31.8
July 1996
31.9
September 2003
July 2004 T27-04 Rights Of Action – Whether A Bankrupt May Make Claims To Employment Tribunals – Are Such Claims Property Rights, Thus Vesting In The Trustee, Or Personal Rights?
31.10
March 1998
32 Employment of agents
32.2
July 1995
32.3
Auctioneers, shorthand writers, interpreters and others
March 1989
32.4
October 1992
33
Bankrupt’s Interest in the Family Home
ü
April 2004
February 2003 T4/03 Transfer of interest in property: the decision in Mountey v Treharne
January 2003
Property conveyancing scheme: outcome of the competitive tendering process and general matters
December 2004 OROS Bulletin Issue 4 Notification of interest in property -R6.237/Form 683 June 2005 T20-05 Civil Partnership Act 2004
34
February 1996
35
October 1988
36
October 2004
March 2005 T9/05 Five Insolvency related statutory instruments which come into force on 1 April 2024 April 2005 T14/05 Charging the Official Receivers fees and remuneration as receiver and manager, trustee or liquidator June 2005 T21-05 The Charging of the Secretary of State Fee in Annulment (Payment In Full) Cases in Certain Circumstances October 2004 ADD37
Release of official receiver as liquidator or trustee
January 2003
38
July 1997
July 2004 T26-04
The Filing Of Restoration And Winding-Up Orders At Companies House.
39
November 2001
40
ü
February 2006
41
EC Regulation on insolvency proceedings
June 2003
45
September 1997
47 Disclosure of information (including inspection and production of record March 2000
October 2003
M24/03 Inland Revenue Single contact point
April 2003 T10/03 Disclosure of statements supplied by directors and bankrupts
March 2005 T6-05
Bankruptcy: the seeking of information from the Inland Revenue by official receivers and the collection of tax refunds: Nt Tax Code Incomes Payments Orders And Agreements: And Nt Tax Codes. Revised Amended Arrangements
March 2005 T8/05 Transsexual People – The Gender Recognition Act 2004
48
Vacation of office and release of liquidators and trustee (other
than the official receiver)
September 1997
March 2005 T9/05 Five Insolvency related statutory instruments which come into force on 1 April 2024
49
ü
February 1996
December 2002 M76/02 Official Receivers insurance scheme
50
Dealings with the Land Registry
October 2003
51
March 1998
52
Co-operation of courts, relationships with other countries
March 2003
53
October 1994
54
April 2005
55
May 1997
June 2003
Changes to CDDA86 following the introduction of section 204 of the Enterprise Act 2002
56
Alternative corporate procedures
September 2003
April 2004
Administrative receiverships The decision in Leyland DAF
57
Alternative individual procedures
July 1997
58
November 1995
59 Unusual businesses and related assets December 1998
March 2004 T6/04 The Financial Collateral Arrangements (no 2) Regulations 2003 implications for OR
March 2004
Implications of Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Regulations 2004
September 2004 T32/04 The Commonhold Leasehold Reform Act June 2005 T19-05 Community Interest Companies January 2006 T1-06 Licensing Act 2003
60
ü
October 1997
61
ü
March 2002
June 2005 T20-05 Civil Partnership Act 2004 November 2005 T40-05 Pensions Act 2004 – information to be provided by official receivers concerning employees with pension schemes
62
November 1997
63
September 1994
64
June 1998
65
Practitioners reference to Secretary of State in absence of liquidation or creditors committee
August 2002
66
Computerised accounting records
July 2002
69
March 2001
76
May 1998
November 2003
Redundancy payments- completion of RP14
77
ü
September 1998
March 2004
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Effective From 1 December 2023
August 2005 T32-05 Bankruptcy: personal taxation: the seeking of information from HM Revenue and Customs: a reminder 78 VAT ü
October 1993
August 2003
Automatic transmission of case information to Inland Revenue
March 2004
T14/04 Amendment to procedure Insolvency claims handling unit: Completion of employee returns
March 2004
T7/04 Introduction of Stamp Duty Land Tax
79
Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930
September 1995
November 2004 T43-04 Chapter 79 Of The Technical Manual: Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930: Disclosure Of Information
80
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
March 2003
81 Freedom of Information and Data Protection March 2005 March 2005 T8/05 Transsexual People – The Gender Recognition Act 2004
82
November 1997
83
September 2000
