Section 256

Introduction

1 This Schedule applies to an individual who immediately before commencement -

(a) has been adjudged bankrupt, and

(b) has not been discharged from the bankruptcy.

2 In this Schedule -

"commencement" means the date appointed under section 279 for the commencement of section 256, and

"pre-commencement bankrupt" means an individual to whom this Schedule applies.

Neither old law nor new law to apply

3 Section 279 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (bankruptcy: discharge) shall not apply to a pre-commencement bankrupt (whether in its pre-commencement or its post-commencement form).

General rule for discharge from pre-commencement bankruptcy

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