Rules Amending the Bankruptcy and Insolvency General Rules – SOR/2011-94

April 18, 2011

The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy would like to inform you that the Rules Amending the Bankruptcy and Insolvency General Rules were registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council on March 25, 2011 (SOR/2011-94), and published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on April 13, 2011 (Vol. 145, No. 8). Please note that these Rules came into force on the day on which they were registered.

The Bankruptcy and Insolvency General Rules (the “Rules”) were amended in order to prescribe Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada Investor Protection Corporation (MFDA IPC) as a “customer compensation body” pursuant to the definition of that term in section 253 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (the “Act”). Without the amendment, the MFDA IPC could not have availed itself of certain rights offered to customer compensation bodies under Part XII of the Act.

You may also consult the amended Rules on the Canada Gazette website.

For additional information on this matter, please do not hesitate to contact Josée Pilotte, Senior Analyst, by phone at 613-948-5007, fax at 613-948-4080 or email at josee.pilotte@ic.gc.ca.