For the purposes of this Act the official receiver, in relation to any bankruptcy , winding up , individual voluntary arrangement, debt relief order or application for such an order, is any person who by virtue of the following provisions of this section or section 401 below is authorised to act as the official receiver in relation to that bankruptcy , winding up , individual voluntary arrangement, debt relief order or application for such an order.
The Secretary of State may (subject to the approval of the Treasury as to numbers) appoint persons to the office of official receiver, and a person appointed to that office (whether under this section or section 70 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914)—
Where a person holds the office of official receiver, the Secretary of State shall from time to time attach him either to the High Court or to the county court.
Subject to any directions under subsection (6) below, an official receiver attached to a particular court is the person authorised to act as the official receiver in relation to every bankruptcy , winding up , individual voluntary arrangement, debt relief order or application for such an order falling within the jurisdiction of that court.
The Secretary of State shall ensure that there is, at all times, at least one official receiver attached to the High Court and at least one attached to the county court; but he may attach the same official receiver to both courts.
The Secretary of State may give directions with respect to the disposal of the business of official receivers, and such directions may, in particular—
A person who at the coming into force of section 222 of the Insolvency Act 1985 (replaced by this section) is an official receiver attached to a court shall continue in office after the coming into force of that section as an official receiver attached to that court under this section.