45 Effect of agreed proposals.E+W
(1)The following provisions apply if proposals made by the [F1Relevant Authority] under section 44 are agreed, with or without modifications, by all the secured creditors of the registered social landlord.
(2)Once agreed the proposals are binding on the [F1Relevant Authority], the landlord, all the landlord’s creditors (whether secured or unsecured) and any liquidator, administrator, administrative receiver or receiver appointed in respect of the landlord or its land.
(3)It is the duty of—
(a)the members of the committee where the landlord is an industrial and provident society,
(b)the directors where the landlord is a company registered under the M1Companies Act 1985 (including a company which is a registered charity), and
(c)the trustees where the landlord is a charitable trust,
to co-operate in the implementation of the proposals.
This does not mean that they have to do anything contrary to any fiduciary or other duty owed by them.
(4)The [F1Relevant Authority] shall serve a copy of the agreed proposals on—
(a)the landlord and its officers,
(b)the secured creditors of the landlord, and
(c)any liquidator, administrator, administrative receiver or receiver appointed in respect of the landlord or its land, and
(d)where the landlord is an industrial and provident society or registered charity, the [F2Financial Services Authority] or the [F3Charity Commission], as the case may be;
and it shall make such arrangements as it considers appropriate to see that the members, tenants and unsecured creditors of the landlord are informed of the proposals.
(5)The proposals may subsequently be amended with the consent of the [F1Relevant Authority] and all the landlord’s secured creditors.
Section 44(2) to (7) and subsections (2) to (4) above apply in relation to the amended proposals as in relation to the original proposals.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. I substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 82(1)(2) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5.
F2Words in s. 45(4)(d) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 354
F3Words in s. 45(4) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 188; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
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