SCHEDULES
C1C2C4C3C5F1SCHEDULE B1ADMINISTRATION
Sch. B1 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), ss. 73, 87(1)(2), 93(3), Sch. 10 Pt. 1, Sch. 10 Pt. 2
Sch. B1 applied (with modifications) by S.R. 1995/225, Sch. 2 (as amended (19.12.2018) by The Banks and Building Societies (Priorities on Insolvency) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1244), arts. 1(2), 36 (with art. 3))
Sch. B1 modified by S.R. 1995/225, art. 6, Sch. 2 (as modified (28.12.2020 until IP completion day when the amending provision ceases to have effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1350), regs. 1(4), 122(3) (with reg. 108))
Sch. B1 modified (28.12.2020 until IP completion day when the amending provision ceases to have effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1350), regs. 1(4), 120 (with reg. 108)
Sch. B1 applied (with modifications) (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2021/716, Sch. 2A para. 6 (as inserted by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1399), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2)
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR BY HOLDER OF FLOATING CHARGE
Power to appoint
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1
The holder of a qualifying floating charge in respect of a company's property may appoint an administrator of the company.
2
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) a floating charge qualifies if created by an instrument which—
a
states that this paragraph applies to the floating charge,
b
purports to empower the holder of the floating charge to appoint an administrator of the company, or
c
purports to empower the holder of the floating charge to make an appointment which would be the appointment of an administrative receiver within the meaning given by Article 5(1).
3
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) a person is the holder of a qualifying floating charge in respect of a company's property if he holds one or more debentures of the company secured—
a
by a qualifying floating charge which relates to the whole or substantially the whole of the company's property,
b
by a number of qualifying floating charges which together relate to the whole or substantially the whole of the company's property, or
c
by charges and other forms of security which together relate to the whole or substantially the whole of the company's property and at least one of which is a qualifying floating charge.
Sch. B1 inserted (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 3(2), Sch. 1 (with art. 4); S.R. 2006/21, art. 2 (with S.R. 2006/22, arts. 2-7)