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BANKRUPTCY, ENGLAND

THE BANKRUPTCY (AMENDMENT) RULES 1965
1965 No. 1571 (L. 17)

Made………………………………………………………9th August 1965
Laid before Parliament…………………………………16th August 1965
Coming into Operation
Rule 1(c)…………………………………………1st October 1965
Remainder………………………………………17th August 1965

I, Gerald, Baron Gardiner, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, with the concurrence of the President of the Board of Trade, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 132 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914(a), and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, hereby make the following Rules:-

1. The Bankruptcy Rules 1952(b), as amended (c), shall have effect, subject to the following amendments:-

(a) for rule 70(1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:-

“(1) A shorthand writer shall be paid a sum not exceeding:-

(a) four and a half guineas a day or, where the court is situated more than 25 miles from the place of business or employment of the shorthand writer, five guineas a day for attending the court; and

(b) 1s. 11d. per folio of 72 words for any transcript of the shorthand note of the evidence that may be required.”.

(b) in rule 94, the words “duly stamped” shall be omitted;

(c) the following new rule shall be substituted for rule 244:-

“244. Where the Official Receiver or trustee calls a meeting at the request of creditors, the cost of summoning the meeting, including all disbursements for printing, stationery, postage and the hire of a room for the meeting, shall be calculated at the following rate depending on the number of creditors to whom notice is required to be sent, that is to say, for a number not exceeding 20, £7 10s. 0d. and for every additional 10 or part thereof, £3. The cost of every adjournment of such a meeting shall be calculated at half of this rate.”

(d) in form 7, for the words “the Registrar of the County Court of ……………… holden at …………………………”, there shall be substituted the words “ the Registrar of the ……………………………………………………….County Court at ……………………………”.

2. Paragraph (a) of rule 1 of these rules shall apply in relation to payments made on or after the date on which that paragraph comes into operation for attendances and transcripts made on or after 1st November 1964.

3. These rules may be cited as the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Rules 1965, and shall come into operation on 17th August 1965, except for paragraph (c) of Rule 1 which shall come into operation on 1st October 1965.

Dated 7th August 1965.

Gardiner, C.
I concur,

Dated 9th August 1965.

Douglas Jay,
President of the Board of Trade.
(a) 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 59
(b) S.I. 1952/2113 (1952 I, p.213).
(c) The relevant amending instrument S.I. 1961 /317 (1961 I, p.510).

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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Note is not part of the Rules.)

These rules amend the Bankruptcy Rules 1952. The principal changes increase the fees payable to shorthand writers for attending the court and making transcripts, and the charge which may be made by the Official Receiver or trustee on calling a meeting at the request of creditors.