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Bankruptcy Income Payments Orders (s310) and Agreements (s310A): Practitioner Checklist, Procedure and Key Issues (England and Wales)

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Income payments order

The trustee in bankruptcy (trustee) may seek an income payments order (IPO) pursuant to section 310 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) where, having assessed matters, they consider the bankrupt enjoys surplus income once the bankrupt’s reasonable domestic needs are allowed for. See Practice Note: Income payments orders (IPOs) under section 310 of the Insolvency Act 1986. The court is responsible for setting the venue for the hearing of the trustee’s application. The trustee must provide the bankrupt with not less than 28 days’ notice of any application, enclosing the application itself and a statement of the grounds on which the order is requested. Up to five business days before the hearing date, the bankrupt may consent to the order by notifying both the court and the trustee. Alternatively, by attending the hearing, the bankrupt may make any representations they wish as to why the order ought not to be made. Any order issued must not leave the bankrupt with less than is necessary to satisfy the reasonable domestic needs of the bankrupt and their family. The trustee must keep this limitation firmly in mind when bringing the application...

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