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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Insolvent Partnerships Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st December 1994.
(2) This Order—
(a)in the case of insolvency proceedings in relation to companies and partnerships, relates to companies and partnerships which the courts in England and Wales have jurisdiction to wind up; and
(b)in the case of insolvency proceedings in relation to individuals, extends to England and Wales only.
(3) In paragraph (2) the term “insolvency proceedings” has the meaning ascribed to it by article 2 below.
2.—(1) In this Order, except in so far as the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986;
“agricultural charge” has the same meaning as in the Agricultural Credits Act 1928(1);
“agricultural receiver” means a receiver appointed under an agricultural charge;
“corporate member” means an insolvent member which is a company;
“the court”, in relation to an insolvent partnership, means the court which has jurisdiction to wind up the partnership;
“individual member” means an insolvent member who is an individual;
“insolvency order” means—
in the case of an insolvent partnership or a corporate member, a winding-up order; and
in the case of an individual member, a bankruptcy order;
“insolvency petition” means, in the case of a petition presented to the court—
against a corporate member, a petition for its winding up by the court;
against an individual member, a petition for a bankruptcy order to be made against that individual,
where the petition is presented in conjunction with a petition for the winding up of the partnership by the court as an unregistered company under the Act;
“insolvency proceedings” means any proceedings under the Act, this Order or the Insolvency Rules 1986(2)
“insolvent member” means a member of an insolvent partnership, against whom an insolvency petition is being or has been presented;
“joint bankruptcy petition” means a petition by virtue of article 11 of this Order;
“joint debt” means a debt of an insolvent partnership in respect of which an order is made by virtue of Part IV or V of this Order;
“joint estate” means the partnership property of an insolvent partnership in respect of which an order is made by virtue of Part IV or V of this Order;
“joint expenses” means expenses incurred in the winding up of an insolvent partnership or in the winding up of the business of an insolvent partnership and the administration of its property;
“limited partner” has the same meaning as in the Limited Partnerships Act 1907(3);
“member” means a member of a partnership and any person who is liable as a partner within the meaning of section 14 of the Partnership Act 1890(4);
“officer”, in relation to an insolvent partnership, means—
a member; or
a person who has management or control of the partnership business;
“partnership property” has the same meaning as in the Partnership Act 1890;
“postponed debt” means a debt the payment of which is postponed by or under any provision of the Act or of any other enactment;
“responsible insolvency practitioner” means—
in winding up, the liquidator of an insolvent partnership or corporate member; and
in bankruptcy, the trustee of the estate of an individual member,
and in either case includes the official receiver when so acting;
“separate debt” means a debt for which a member of a partnership is liable, other than a joint debt;
“separate estate” means the property of an insolvent member against whom an insolvency order has been made;
“separate expenses” means expenses incurred in the winding up of a corporate member, or in the bankruptcy of an individual member; and
“trustee of the partnership” means a person authorised by order made by virtue of article 11 of this Order to wind up the business of an insolvent partnership and to administer its property.
(2) The definitions in paragraph (1), other than the first definition, shall be added to those in section 436 of the Act.
(3) References in provisions of the Act applied by this Order to any provision of the Act so applied shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the provision as so applied.
(4) Where, in any Schedule to this Order, all or any of the provisions of two or more sections of the Act are expressed to be modified by a single paragraph of the Schedule, the modification includes the combination of the provisions of those sections into the one or more sections set out in that paragraph.
3.—(1) This article applies for the interpretation in relation to insolvent partnerships of expressions appropriate to companies in provisions of the Act and of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 applied by this Order, unless the contrary intention appears.
(2) References to companies shall be construed as references to insolvent partnerships and all references to the registrar of companies shall be omitted.
(3) References to shares of a company shall be construed—
(a)in relation to an insolvent partnership with capital, as references to rights to share in that capital; and
(b)in relation to an insolvent partnership without capital, as references to interests—
(i)conferring any right to share in the profits or liability to contribute to the losses of the partnership, or
(ii)giving rise to an obligation to contribute to the debts or expenses of the partnership in the event of a winding up.
(4) Other expressions appropriate to companies shall be construed, in relation to an insolvent partnership, as references to the corresponding persons, officers, documents or organs (as the case may be) appropriate to a partnership.
S.I. 1986/1925, amended by S.I. 1987/1919, S.I. 1989/397, S.I. 1991/495 and S.I. 1993/602.
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