
1 

(1) These Rules may be cited as the Insolvency (Commencement of Proceedings) and Insolvency Rules 1986 (Amendment) Rules 2014.
(2) They come into force on 22nd April 2014.
(3) In these Rules—
 “the Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986;
 “the London insolvency district” means the insolvency district designated by the London Insolvency District (County Court at Central London) Order 2014; and
 “the Rules” means the Insolvency Rules 1986.
2 

(1) Where section 117 of the Act gives jurisdiction to the County Court in respect of proceedings under Parts 1 to 7 of the Act any such proceedings when they are commenced in the county court may only be commenced in the county court hearing centre which serves the area in which the company’s registered office is situated.
(2) However if the registered office is situated in an area served by a county court hearing centre for which Schedule 1 lists an alternative county court hearing centre then any such proceedings in the county court may only be commenced in the alternative county court hearing centre
(3) For the purposes of this rule a company’s registered office is situated in the place which has been its registered office for the longest during the six months before the presentation of the petition for winding up.
3 

(1) Proceedings under Parts 7A to 11 of the Act that are allocated in accordance with the Insolvency Rules to the London Insolvency District when they are commenced in the county court may only be commenced in the County Court at Central London.
(2) Elsewhere such proceedings when they are commenced in the County Court may only be commenced in the county court hearing centre determined in accordance with the Rules.
(3) However if the county court hearing centre so determined is one for which Schedule 1 lists an alternative county court hearing centre then such proceedings when they are commenced in the county court may only be commenced in the alternative county court hearing centre.
4 
Schedule 2 contains amendments to the Rules.
Shailesh Vara
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
31st March 2014I concur, by the authority of the Lord Chief Justice
Sir Terence Etherton
Chancellor of the High Court
31st March 2014I concur, on behalf of the Secretary of State
Jenny Willott
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
1st April 2014
SCHEDULE 1
Rules 2(3) and 3(3)

[Note: where the entry “London Insolvency District” appears in this table, jurisdiction under Parts 1 to 7 of the Act is conferred on the High Court as a result of article 6B of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/724) which was inserted by the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/ 821.]

Name of County Court Hearing Centre Parts of the Insolvency Act under which proceedings may be commenced at a county court hearing centre or the alternative county court hearing centre where proceedings may only be commenced
Aberystwyth Parts 1 to 11
Accrington Blackburn
Aldershot & Farnham Guildford
Altrincham Manchester
Aylesbury Parts 1 to 11
Banbury Parts 1 to 11
Barnet London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Barnsley Parts 1 to 11
Barnstaple Parts 1 to 11
Barrow-in-Furness Parts 1 to 11
Basildon Southend-on-Sea
Basingstoke Reading
Bath Parts 1 to 11
Bedford Parts 1 to 11
Birkenhead Parts 1 to 11
Birmingham Parts 1 to 11
Blackburn Parts 1 to 11
Blackpool Parts 1 to 11
Blackwood Parts 1 to 11
Bodmin Truro
Bolton Parts 1 to 11
Boston Parts 1 to 11
Bournemouth and Poole Parts 1 to 11
Bow London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Bradford Parts 1 to 11
Brecon Merthyr Tydfil
Brentford London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Bridgend Parts 1 to 11
Brighton Parts 1 to 11
Bristol Parts 1 to 11
Bromley Croydon
Burnley Parts 1 to 11
Bury Parts 1 to 11
Bury St. Edmunds Parts 1 to 11
Buxton Stockport
Caernarfon Parts 1 to 11
Cambridge Parts 1 to 11
Canterbury Parts 1 to 11
Cardiff Parts 1 to 11
Carlisle Parts 1 to 11
Carmarthen Parts 1 to 11
County Court at Central London London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Chelmsford Parts 1 to 11
Chester Parts 1 to 11
Chesterfield Parts 1 to 11
Chichester Brighton
Chippenham and Trowbridge Bath
Clerkenwell and Shoreditch London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Colchester Parts 1 to 11
Conwy and Colwyn Caernarfon
Coventry Parts 1 to 11
Crewe Parts 1 to 11
Croydon Parts 1 to 11
Darlington Parts 1 to 11
Dartford Medway
Derby Parts 1 to 11
Doncaster Parts 1 to 11
Dudley Parts 1 to 11
Durham Parts 1 to 11
Eastbourne Parts 1 to 11
Edmonton London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Exeter Parts 1 to 11
Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne
Gloucester and Cheltenham Parts 1 to 11
Great Grimsby Parts 1 to 11
Guildford Parts 1 to 11
Halifax Parts 1 to 11
Harrogate Parts 1 to 11
Hartlepool Middlesbrough
Hastings Parts 1 to 11
Haverfordwest Parts 1 to 11
Hereford Parts 1 to 11
Hertford Parts 1 to 11
High Wycombe Aylesbury
Horsham Brighton
Huddersfield Parts 1 to 11
Ipswich Parts 1 to 11
Kendal Parts 1 to 11
Kettering Northampton
Kings Lynn Parts 1 to 11
Kingston-upon-Hull Parts 1 to 11
Kingston-upon-Thames Parts 1 to 11
Lambeth London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Lancaster Parts 1 to 11
Leeds Parts 1 to 11
Leicester Parts 1 to 11
Lewes Brighton
Lincoln Parts 1 to 11
Liverpool Parts 1 to 11
Llanelli Swansea
Llangefni Parts 1 to 11
Lowestoft Norwich
Luton Parts 1 to 11
Macclesfield Chester
Maidstone Parts 1 to 11
Manchester Parts 1 to 11
Mansfield Nottingham
Mayor’s and City of London London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Medway Canterbury
Merthyr Tydfil Parts 1 to 11
Middlesbrough Parts 1 to 11
Milton Keynes Parts 1 to 11
Mold Wrexham
Morpeth & Berwick Newcastle upon Tyne
Neath & Port Talbot Parts 1 to 11
Newcastle upon Tyne Parts 1 to 11
Newport (Gwent) Parts 1 to 11
Newport (Isle of Wight) Parts 1 to 11
Northampton Parts 1 to 11
North Shields Newcastle upon Tyne
Norwich Parts 1 to 11
Nottingham Parts 1 to 11
Nuneaton Coventry
Oldham Parts 1 to 11
Oxford Parts 1 to 11
Peterborough Parts 1 to 11
Plymouth Parts 1 to 11
Pontypridd Parts 1 to 11
Portsmouth Parts 1 to 11
Preston Parts 1 to 11
Reading Parts 1 to 11
Reigate Guildford
Rhyl Parts 1 to 11
Romford Parts 1 to 11
Rotherham Sheffield
Salisbury Parts 1 to 11
Scarborough Parts 1 to 11
Scunthorpe Parts 1 to 11
Sheffield Parts 1 to 11
Skipton Bradford
Slough Parts 1 to 11
Southampton Parts 1 to 11
Southend-on-Sea Parts 1 to 11
South Shields Newcastle upon Tyne
Stafford Parts 1 to 11
Staines Guildford
St Albans Parts 1 to 11
St Helens Liverpool
Stockport Parts 1 to 11
Stoke-on-Trent Parts 1 to 11
Sunderland Parts 1 to 11
Swansea Parts 1 to 11
Swindon Parts 1 to 11
Tameside Parts 1 to 11
Taunton Parts 1 to 11
Telford Parts 1 to 11
Thanet Canterbury
Torquay & Newton Abbot Parts 1 to 11
Truro Parts 1 to 11
Tunbridge Wells Parts 1 to 11
Uxbridge The County Court at Central London
Wakefield Parts 1 to 11
Walsall Parts 1 to 11
Wandsworth London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Warrington Parts 1 to 11
Warwick Parts 1 to 11
Watford Luton
Welshpool & Newton Parts 1 to 11
West Cumbria Parts 1 to 11
West London London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Weston Super Mare Bristol
Weymouth Bournemouth
Wigan Parts 1 to 11
Willesden London Insolvency District - High Court for Parts 1 to 7 (see headnote); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11
Winchester Parts 1 to 11
Wolverhampton Parts 1 to 11
Woolwich Croydon
Worcester Parts 1 to 11
Worthing Brighton
Wrexham Parts 1 to 11
Yeovil Parts 1 to 11
York Parts 1 to 11

SCHEDULE 2
Rule 4
1 

(1) Rule 5A.21 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b) for “the Central London County Court” substitute “the County Court at Central London”.
(3) In paragraph (1)(c) and paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) after “the debtor’s own county court” in each place where it occurs insert “hearing centre”.
(4) In paragraphs (3)(a) and (b) for “the county court for the insolvency district” substitute “the county court hearing centre which serves the insolvency district”.
(5) In paragraph (4)(a) for “court” in each place where it occurs substitute “county court hearing centre”.
(6) In paragraph (5) after “court” insert “and, where the application is made to the county court, the appropriate county court hearing centre”.
2 

(1) Rule 6.4 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2) after “must be made to the court” insert “or county court hearing centre”.
(3) In paragraph (2A) in the introductory words after “court” in each place where it occurs insert “or hearing centre” and in sub-paragraph (c)(ii) for “the Central London County Court” substitute “the County Court at Central London”.
3 

(1) Rule 6.9A is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b) for “the Central London County Court” substitute “the County Court at Central London”.
(3) In paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) after “the debtor’s own county court” in each place where it occurs insert “hearing centre”.
(4) In paragraphs (4)(a) and (b) for “the county court for the insolvency district” substitute “the county court hearing centre which serves the insolvency district”.
(5) In paragraphs (6) after “court” in each place where it occurs insert “or county court hearing centre”.
(6) In paragraph (7) after “court” insert “and, where the court is the county court, the appropriate county court hearing centre”.
4 

(1) Rule 6.40A is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b) for “the Central London County Court” substitute “the County Court at Central London”.
(3) In paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) after “the debtor’s own county court” in each place where it occurs insert “hearing centre”.
(4) In paragraph (6) in the introductory words after “the debtor’s own county court” insert “hearing centre” and in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) for “court” in each place where it occurs substitute “county court hearing centre”.
(5) In paragraph (7) after “the court” insert “or county court hearing centre”.
(6) In paragraph (8) after “the appropriate court” insert “and, where the court is the county court, the appropriate county court hearing centre”.
5 

(1) Rule 7.10C is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b) after “the court” insert “or county court hearing centre “.
(3) For paragraph (8)(b) substitute “the identity of the court or county court hearing centre in which the case is currently proceeding”.
(4) In paragraph (10) in the opening words for “in a county court or more than one county court” substitute “the county court”.
(5) In paragraph (10)(a) for “convenient county court having insolvency jurisdiction” substitute “convenient county court hearing centre in which insolvency proceedings of such type may be commenced”.
6 

(1) Rule 7.11 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraphs (1) and (2) after “county court” in each place where it occurs insert “hearing centre”.
(3) In paragraph (3) substitute “the county court” for “a county court” and for “a court which has jurisdiction to wind up companies” substitute “a county court hearing centre in which proceedings to wind up companies may be commenced under the Act”.
(4) In paragraph (3A) substitute “the county court” for “a county court” and for “a court which has jurisdiction in bankruptcy” substitute “a county court hearing centre in which bankruptcy proceedings may be commenced under the Act”.
(5) In paragraph (4) substitute “the county court” for “a county court” and for “that Court” substitute “the High Court”.
(6) In paragraph (4A) after “county court” in each place in which it appears insert “hearing centre”.
7 

(1) Rule 7.12 is amended as follows.
(2) In the opening words and in sub-paragraph (a) and (b) after “court” in each place where it appears insert “or county court hearing centre”.
8 

(1) Rule 7.13 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2) after the second and third “court” insert “or county court hearing centre”.
(3) In paragraph (3) after “court” in each of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) insert “or county court hearing centre”.
9 

(1) Rule 7.14 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraphs (1) and (2) after “court” in each place where it appears insert “or county court hearing centre”.
(3) In paragraph (3)(a) after “county court” insert “hearing centre” and for “that court” substitute “that hearing centre”.
(4) In paragraph (3)(b) after “county court” insert “hearing centre”.
10 

(1) Rule 7.15 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)(c) and (4) for “a county court” in each place where it occurs substitute “the county court”.
11 

(1) Rule 7.16 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1) substitute “the county court” for “a county court”.
12 

(1) Rule 7.19 is amended as follows.
(2) In the first sentence of paragraph (2) after “county court” in each place where it appears insert “hearing centre”, for the “primary court” substitute “the primary hearing centre” and for the “secondary court” substitute “the secondary hearing centre”.
(3) For the second sentence in paragraph (2) substitute “This applies whether or not the secondary hearing centre is one in which insolvency proceedings may be commenced under the Act”.
(4) In paragraph (3) for subparagraph (a) substitute “has been brought before a county court hearing centre in which insolvency proceedings may be commenced under the Act”.
13 

(1) Rule 7.21 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1) substitute “the county court” for “a county court” and delete the words in brackets.
(3) For paragraph (2)(b) substitute “in the case of a county court hearing centre, the bailiffs”.
14 
Rule 7.24 is revoked.
15 

(1) Rule 7.35 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (6) for “a county court” substitute “the county court”.
16 

(1) Rule 7.47 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (3) for “A county court” substitute “The county court”.
17 
Rule 7.52(1) is amended by substituting for “a county court” the words “the county court”.
18 

(1) Rule 12A.28 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (3) for the opening words substitute “Where the execution is in a county court hearing centre then if—” and for “that court” in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute the words “the county court hearing centre in charge of such execution”.
19 

(1) Rule 12A.33 is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2)(f) substitute “the name of the court or of the hearing centre of the county court and any number assigned to the proceedings by the court or hearing centre”.
20 

(1) Schedule 2 is amended as follows.
(2) For the Schedule’s heading “Alternative Courts” substitute the heading “Alternative county court hearing centres”.
(3) In the table for the headings “Debtor’s own county court” and “Nearest full-time court” substitute the headings “Debtor’s own county court hearing centre” and “Nearest full-time hearing centre”.
(4) The following entries in the first column of the table are deleted together with the corresponding entries in the second column—Aberdare,Burton on Trent,Dewsbury,Kidderminster,Newbury,Shrewsbury andStourbridge.
21 
Form 4.2 is amended by inserting in the endorsement after “County Court” the words “hearing centre”.
22 

(1) Form 6.1 is amended as follows.
(2) In the demand for “Central London County Court” substitute “County Court at Central London”.
(3) In Part A for “Central London County Court” substitute “County Court at Central London” and after “County Court” insert “hearing centre”.
23 

(1) Form 6.2 is amended as follows.
(2) In the demand for “Central London County Court” substitute “County Court at Central London”.
(3) In Part A for “Central London County Court” in each place where it occurs substitute “County Court at Central London” and in the last sentence of Part A after “County Court” insert “hearing centre”.
(4) In Part C after “County Court” in each place where it occurs insert “hearing centre”,
24 

(1) Form 6.3 is amended as follows.
(2) In the demand for “Central London County Court” substitute “County Court at Central London”.
(3) In Part A for “Central London County Court” substitute “County Court at Central London” and after “County Court” insert “hearing centre”.
25 

(1) Form 6.7 is amended as follows.
(2) In the section numbered 2—
(a) in the first paragraph for “Central London County Court” substitute “County Court at Central London”; and
(b) in the second (alternative) paragraph after “county court” in each place where it occurs insert “hearing centre”.
26 

(1) Form 6.8 is amended as follows.
(2) In the section numbered 2—
(a) in the first paragraph for “Central London County Court” substitute “County Court at Central London”.
(b) in the second (alternative) paragraph after “county court” in each place where it occurs insert “hearing centre”.
27 

(1) Form 6.9 is amended as follows.
(2) In the section numbered 2—
(a) in the first paragraph for “Central London County Court” substitute “County Court at Central London”.
(b) in the second (alternative) paragraph after “county court” in each place where it occurs insert “hearing centre”.
28 

(1) Form 6.10 is amended as follows.
(2) In the section numbered 2—
(a) in the first paragraph for “Central London County Court” substitute “County Court at Central London”.
(b) in the second (alternative) paragraph after “county court” in each place where it occurs insert “hearing centre”.
29 
Form 6.14 is amended by inserting after “County Court” (where the name of the court is required) “hearing centre”.
30 
Form 6.16 is amended by inserting in the title after “County Court” the words “hearing centre”.
31 

(1) Form 6.27 is amended as follows.
(2) In the section numbered 2 of the debtor’s statement—
(a) in the second (alternative) paragraph for “Central London County Court” substitute “County Court at Central London”;
(b) in the third (alternative) paragraph after “county court” in each place where it occurs insert “hearing centre”.
32 
In form 7.1A in the title box for “full name of court and if known, the division or district registry of the court” substitute “full name of the court (and if known, the division or district registry) or of the county court hearing centre”.