Remedial orders
160.—(1) A “remedial order” is an order for the purpose of putting a person affected by anything done in contravention of regulation 157 in the position the person would have been in if it had not been done.
(2) The High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session may make a remedial order under this regulation if it appears to the court on an application under this regulation that a protected cell company has acted in contravention of regulation 157.
(3) The following provisions are without prejudice to the generality of the power to make a remedial order.
(4) Where a protected cell company has—
(a)allotted securities pursuant to an offer to the public; or
(b)allotted or agreed to allot securities with a view to their being offered to the public,
a remedial order may require any person knowingly concerned in the contravention of regulation 157 to offer to purchase any of those securities at such price and on such other terms as the court thinks fit.
(5) A remedial order may be made—
(a)against any person knowingly concerned in the contravention, whether or not the person is an officer of the protected cell company;
(b)notwithstanding anything in the protected cell company’s instrument of incorporation (which includes, for this purpose, the terms on which any securities are allotted or held);
(c)whether or not the holder of the securities subject to the order is the person to whom the protected cell company allotted or agreed to allot them.
(6) Where a remedial order is made in respect of a part of a protected cell company, the court may provide for the reduction of that part’s capital accordingly.