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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Approval of voluntary arrangement


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Insolvency Act 1986, Cross Heading: Approval of voluntary arrangement is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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[ Approval of voluntary arrangementE+W+S
31(1)The meetings summoned under paragraph 29 shall decide whether to approve the proposed voluntary arrangement (with or without modifications).E+W+S
(2)The modifications may include one conferring the functions proposed to be conferred on the nominee on another person qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner, or authorised to act as nominee, in relation to the voluntary arrangement.
(3)The modifications shall not include one by virtue of which the proposal ceases to be a proposal such as is mentioned in section 1.
(4)A meeting summoned under paragraph 29 shall not approve any proposal or modification which affects the right of a secured creditor of the company to enforce his security, except with the concurrence of the creditor concerned.
(5)Subject to sub-paragraph (6), a meeting so summoned shall not approve any proposal or modification under which—
(a)any preferential debt of the company is to be paid otherwise than in priority to such of its debts as are not preferential debts, or
(b)a preferential creditor of the company is to be paid an amount in respect of a preferential debt that bears to that debt a smaller proportion than is borne to another preferential debt by the amount that is to be paid in respect of that other debt.
(6)The meeting may approve such a proposal or modification with the concurrence of the preferential creditor concerned.
(7)The directors of the company may, before the beginning of the period of seven days which ends with the meetings (or either of them) summoned under paragraph 29 being held, give notice to the nominee of any modifications of the proposal for which the directors intend to seek the approval of those meetings.
(8)References in this paragraph to preferential debts and preferential creditors are to be read in accordance with section 386 in Part XII of this Act.]
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