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Insolvency Act 1986

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251E Making of debt relief orders

(1) This section applies where the official receiver makes a debt relief order on determining an application under section 251C. (2) The order must be made in the prescribed form. (3) The order must include a list of the debts which the official receiver is satisfied were qualifying debts of the debtor at the application date, specifying the amount of the debt at that time and the creditor to whom it was then owed. (4) The official receiver must— (a) give a copy of the order to the debtor; and (b) make an entry for the order in the register containing the prescribed information about the order or the debtor. (5) The rules may make provision as to other steps to be taken by the official receiver or the debtor on the making of the order. (6) Those steps may include in particular notifying each creditor to whom a qualifying debt specified in the order is owed of— (a) the making of the order and its effect, (b) the grounds on which a creditor may object under section 251K, and (c) any other prescribed information. (7) In this Part the date on which an entry relating to the making of a debt relief order is first made in the register is referred to as “the effective date”.

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251E Making of debt relief orders

(1) This section applies where the official receiver makes a debt relief order on determining an application under section 251C. (2) The order must be made in the prescribed form. (3) The order must include a list of the debts which the official receiver is satisfied were qualifying debts of the debtor at the application date, specifying the amount of the debt at that time and the creditor to whom it was then owed. (4) The official receiver must— (a) give a copy of the order to the debtor; and (b) make an entry for the order in the register containing the prescribed information about the order or the debtor. (5) The rules may make provision as to other steps to be taken by the official receiver or the debtor on the making of the order. (6) Those steps may include in particular notifying each creditor to whom a qualifying debt specified in the order is owed of— (a) the making of the order and its effect, (b) the grounds on which a creditor may object under section 251K, and (c) any other prescribed information. (7) In this Part the date on which an entry relating to the making of a debt relief order is first made in the register is referred to as “the effective date”.

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