IBBI (Model Bye-Laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

*[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
PART III, SECTION 4]
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, 28TH MARCH, 2020
INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
 New Delhi, 28th March, 2020

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Model Bye-Laws and Governing Board of
Insolvency Professional Agencies) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

No. IBBI/2019-20/GN/REG058.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 196, 203 and 205 read with section 240 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India hereby makes the following regulations further to  amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Model Bye-Laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) Regulations, 2016, namely:—

1. (1) These regulations may be called the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Model Bye-Laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on the 28th March, 2020.

2. In the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Model Bye-Laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) Regulations, 2016, in the Schedule, in clause 12A, -

(i) in sub-clause (5), the following shall be inserted, namely: -

“Provided that, for an application received on and from the date of commencement of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Model Bye-Laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 and ending on the 30th September 2020, if the authorisation for assignment is not issued, renewed or rejected by the Agency within thirty days of the date of receipt of application, the authorisation shall be deemed to have been issued or renewed, as the case may be, by the Agency.”;

(ii) in sub-clause (7), the following shall be inserted, namely: -

“Provided that, where an application for issue of authorisation for assignment has been rejected by an insolvency professional agency, on and from the date of commencement of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Model Bye- Laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 and ending on the 30th September, 2020, the applicant aggrieved of an order of rejection may appeal to the Membership Committee within thirty days from the date of receipt of order.”.

Dr. M. S. Sahoo
Chairperson
[ADVT . - ________]

Note: The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Model Bye–Laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) Regulations, 2016 were published vide notification No. IBBI/2016-17/GN/REG001 dated 21st November, 2016 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, No. 421 on 22nd November, 2016 and were subsequently amended by-

(1) The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Model Bye-Laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 published vide notification No. IBBI/2018-19/GN/REG35 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, No. 383 on 11th October, 2018; and

(2) The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Model Bye-Laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 published vide notification No. IBBI/2019-20/GN/REG043 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, No. 261 on 23rd July 2019

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