Termination clauses in supply contracts Section 17: Further protection of essential supplies - Northern Ireland
This section inserts new Article 197A into the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989. Article 197A will apply to the same range of utility supplies as Article 197 and will prevent the supplier relying on any clause in a contract which would entitle the supplier to terminate the contract or the supply, or do anything else (such as raising the price) where the customer enters administration or a company voluntary arrangement. The new Article corresponds to section 233A of the Insolvency Act 1986, which was inserted by Article 4 of the Insolvency (Protection of Essential Supplies) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/989). Its insertion is necessary because the amendments made by sections 17 and 18 build on it.