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Version date: 31 July 2023 - onwards
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11. Presenting petition.

(1) A creditor shall be entitled to present a petition for adjudication against a debtor if -

(a) the debt owing by the debtor to the petitioning creditor (or, if two or more creditors join in presenting the petition, the aggregate amount of debts owing to them) amounts to more than €20,000,

(b) the debt is a liquidated sum,

(c) the act of bankruptcy on which the petition is founded has occurred within three months before the presentation of the petition, and

(d)

(i) the debtor's centre of main interests is situated in the State,

(ii) the debtor's centre of main interests is situated in another member state and the debtor has an establishment within the State, or

(iii) the Insolvency Regulation [OJ L No. 141, 5.6.2015, p. 19] does not apply to the proceedings, and the debtor (whether an Irish citizen or not) -

(I) is domiciled in the State, or