S.I. No. 326/2013 - Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (Prescribed Financial Statement) Regulations 2013.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (Prescribed Financial Statement) Regulations 2013.

2. The form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations is the prescribed form to be used by persons where required under Part 3 of the Act to complete a Prescribed Financial Statement for the purposes of making an application for a Debt Relief Notice or otherwise in connection with a Debt Relief Notice process (within the meaning of section 25 of the Act).

3. The form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations is the prescribed form to be used by persons in all circumstances other than those referred to in Regulation 2 where required under Part 3 of the Act to complete a Prescribed Financial Statement including for the purposes of an application for a protective certificate or the making of a proposal for, review or variation of a Debt Settlement Arrangement or Personal Insolvency Arrangement.

The Minister for Justice and Equality consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Justice and Equality,

28 August 2013.

ALAN SHATTER,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

GIVEN under the seal of the Insolvency Service of Ireland,

28 August 2013.

LORCAN O’CONNOR,

Director of the Insolvency Service of Ireland.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations prescribe the form to be used by persons where required under Part 3 of the

Personal Insolvency Act 2012

to complete a Prescribed Financial Statement when applying for a Debt Relief Notice or otherwise in connection with a Debt Relief Notice process and the form to be used by persons in all other circumstances where required under Part 3 of the Act to complete a Prescribed Financial Statement including for the purposes of an application for a protective certificate or the making of a proposal for, review or variation of a Debt Settlement Arrangement or Personal Insolvancy Arrangement.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

30

th August

, 2013.

The Insolvency Service of Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

section 3

and

section 136

of the

Personal Insolvency Act 2012

(No. 44 of 2012) (the “Act”) and with the consent of the Minister for Justice and Equality, hereby makes the following regulations