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Personal Insolvency Act 2012
Introduced
27 June 2012
Last action
26 December 2012 · Enacted
Status
Enacted
Sponsors
Minister for Justice and Equality
Subjects
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16 April 2018
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1 official language
Irish
An tAcht um Dhócmhainneacht Phearsanta, 2012
Summary
Act to amend the law relating to insolvency, to amend the Bankruptcy Act 1988, to provide for the establishment and functions of a body to be known as Seirbhís Dócmhainneachta na hÉireann or, in the English language, the Insolvency Service of Ireland, and, in particular, in the interests of the common good (including the stability of the financial system in the State) and having regard to the following objectives—(a) the need to ameliorate the difficulties experienced by debtors in discharging their indebtedness due to insolvency and thereby lessen the adverse consequences for economic activity in the State, (b) the need to enable creditors to recover debts due to them by insolvent debtors to the extent that the means of those debtors reasonably permits, in an orderly and rational manner, and (c) the need to enable insolvent debtors to resolve their indebtedness (including by determining that debts stand discharged in certain circumstances) in an orderly and rational manner without recourse to bankruptcy, and to thereby facilitate the active participation of such persons in economic activity in the State, to provide for additional mechanisms and arrangements relating to insolvency to facilitate the achievement of those objectives, to provide for the appointment, functions, powers and jurisdiction of new judges of the circuit court to be styled specialist judges of the circuit court and, for that purpose, to amend the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961 and the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 and certain other enactments, to provide for the regulation, supervision and discipline of personal insolvency practitioners, and to provide for connected matters
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Timeline
27 June 2012
Published
27 June 2012
First Stage
Source: Dáil Éireann
5 July 2012
Second Stage
Source: Dáil Éireann
18 July 2012
Committee Stage
Source: Dáil Éireann
6 November 2012
Report Stage
Source: Dáil Éireann
7 November 2012
Fifth Stage
Source: Dáil Éireann
21 November 2012
Second Stage
Source: Seanad Éireann
29 November 2012
Committee Stage
Source: Seanad Éireann
11 December 2012
Report Stage
Source: Seanad Éireann
11 December 2012
Fifth Stage
Enacted
Source: Seanad Éireann
26 December 2012
Enacted
26 December 2012
Enacted
26 December 2012
Enacted
Enacted
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An tAcht um Dhócmhainneacht Phearsanta, 2012
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An tAcht um Dhócmhainneacht Phearsanta, 2012
pdf · GA · 26 December 2012
Personal Insolvency Act 2012
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As passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas
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Explanatory Memorandum
pdf · EN · 19 December 2012
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As passed by Dáil Éireann
pdf · EN · 7 November 2012
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As amended in Committee/Select Committee [Dáil Éireann]
pdf · EN · 13 September 2012
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As Initiated
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Sponsors
- Minister for Justice and Equality · Minister for Justice and Equality
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2012/58/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2012/58
- ireland · bill-2012-58 · source updated 16 April 2018