Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)

Part V E+W+S Winding Up of Unregistered Companies

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. V (ss. 220-229) modified by Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46, SIF 27), ss. 21(2), 25

Pt. V modified by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41, SIF 39:1), ss. 30(6), 35(4), 47(4)(a)

Pt. V modified by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 86(5), 123, Sch. 8 para. 16

Pt. V modified by S.I. 1989/638, regs. 8(1), 21

Pt. V modified by S.I. 1989/1806, art. 2, Sch. 1, section 47(1)

Pt. V modified (31.3.1996) by 1995 c. 20, s. 110(1), Sch. 4 para. 3(4); S.I. 1996/517, art. 3(2) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in arts. 4-6, Sch. 2) (which modifying Act was itself repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 6(1), 7(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 4, Sch. 3 paras. 3, 16))

Pt. V modified (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 43, ss. 44, 50(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(4)

Pt. V modified (24.3.2003) by 2002 c. 29, ss. 426(8), 458(1)(3); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 3-13 (as amended by S.I. 2003/531, arts. 3, 4))

C2 Pt. V (ss. 220-229) excluded by S.I. 1986/2142, arts. 1(2), 13(1), 15

C3 Pts. I-VII (ss. 1-251) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1989/1276, arts. 2, 3

Pt. V (ss. 220-229) applied (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 119(8) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

Pt. V applied (with modifications) (1.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2759, reg. 3, Sch. 3 paras. 91, 91A, 91B

Pt. V applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 7(1)(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I

Pt. V (except ss. 223, 224) applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 8(1)(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I (as amended (1.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/1516, art. 9)

C4 Pt. V (ss. 220-229) extended (13.1.1993 for purposes of regulation of business of incorporated friendly societies and 28.4.1993 otherwise) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), s. 52(1)(9) (with ss. 7(5), 93(4)); S.I. 1993/16, art. 2, Sch. 3; S.I. 1993/1186, art. 2(2), Sch. 2

C5 First Group of Parts (Pts. 1-7) applied (with modifications) (15.12.2006) by The Banks (Former Authorised Institutions) (Insolvency) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3107), art. 3, Sch.

C6 Pt. V (ss. 220-229) amended (1.12.2001) by 2000 c. 8, s. 371(2)(b); S.I. 2001/3538 art. 2(1)

C7 Pt. 5 extended by S.I. 2001/1228, reg. 33C(3) (as inserted (21.12.2011) by The Open-Ended Investment Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/3049), reg. 3(5) (with regs. 4, 10(1))

225 Oversea company may be wound up though dissolved. E+W+S

[F1 (1)] Where a company incorporated outside Great Britain which has been carrying on business in Great Britain ceases to carry on business in Great Britain, it may be wound up as an unregistered company under this Act, notwithstanding that it has been dissolved or otherwise ceased to exist as a company under or by virtue of the laws of the country under which it was incorporated.

[F1 (2) This section is subject to the EC Regulation.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 225 renumbered as s. 225(1) and s. 225(2) inserted (31.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/1240, reg. 10

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 S. 225 applied (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 10(1)(b)

Ss. 225-229 applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 8(1)(2)(9), Sch. 4 Pt. I