Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment Orders
- Company Directors (Northern Ireland) Order
- Energy (Northern Ireland) Order
- Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order
Brief Summary of the Order
Provides for the disqualification of unfit directors by consent without the need for uncontested cases to be heard in Court.
Date Draft Order Laid
25 November 2002
House of Commons
Delegated Legislation Standing Committee
10 December 2002
Approved by Commons
11 December 2002
Lords
16 December 2002
Order Made at Meeting of Privy Council
17 December 2002
Brief Summary of the Order
Restructures the framework of regulatory and consumer representation institutions in the gas and electricity sector; amends the licensing regime in these sectors; provides for the imposition of a "renewables obligation" on electricity suppliers to promote the generation and consumption of energy from renewable sources; provides powers to implement the "postalisation" of gas conveyance charges to facilitate the extension of the gas industry outside Greater Belfast and the connection of the gas networks, North and South; and replaces transitional statutory provisions relating to energy payments in the electricity and gas sectors.
Date Draft Order Laid
23 January 2003
House of Commons
Delegated Legislation Standing Committee
10 February 2003
Approved by Commons
12 February 2003
Lords
11 February 2003
Order Made at Meeting of Privy Council
27 February 2003
Brief Summary of the Order
Makes available to small companies, attempting to enter a voluntary agreement with their creditors, the option of a short moratorium during which they will be protected from legal proceedings, thus providing them with an enhanced opportunity to put together a rescue package.
Date Draft Order Laid
25 November 2002
House of Commons
Delegated Legislation Standing Committee
10 December 2002
Approved by Commons
11 December 2002
Lords
16 December 2002
Order Made at Meeting of Privy Council
17 December 2002
