Section 49 of the Act of 2012 is amended -

(a) in subsection (2), by the substitution of "the personal insolvency practitioner, or an employee of that personal insolvency practitioner acting under his or her direction and control, shall hold a meeting" for "the personal insolvency practitioner shall hold a meeting",

(b) by the substitution of the following for subsection (5):

"(5) Where a personal insolvency practitioner is appointed under subsection (3), he or she shall stand appointed, and the debtor concerned shall not appoint another personal insolvency practitioner under that subsection, until such time as -

(a) where the debtor concerned terminates the appointment of the personal insolvency practitioner as respects the debtor, such termination takes effect in accordance with section 49A,

(b) where the personal insolvency practitioner resigns from that role as respects the debtor, such resignation takes effect in accordance with section 49B,

(c) where the personal insolvency practitioner is replaced by reason of being no longer capable of performing, through ill-health or otherwise, or is no longer authorised to perform, the functions of a personal insolvency practitioner as respects the debtor, such replacement takes effect in accordance with section 49C.",

and