The Water Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024

Effect of approval of voluntary arrangements

44.  Section 5(1) has effect as if, after subsection (4), there were inserted—

“(4A) Where the company is in special administration, the court must not make an order or give a direction under subsection (3) unless—

(a) the court has given the relevant authority and the Water Services Regulation Authority a reasonable opportunity to make representations to it about the proposed order or direction, and

(b) the order or direction is consistent with the purposes of the special administration order.”.

(1)

Section 5 was amended by: the Insolvency Act 2000 (c. 45), section 2(a) and 15(1), Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 6(a) to (c), and Schedule 5; the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), section 248(3) and Schedule 17, paragraphs 9 and 11(b); the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), section 159(1) and Schedule 20, paragraph 43; the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), section 126 and Schedule 9, paragraphs 1 and 6(1), (2)(a) and (b), and (3); and, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), section 2(1) and Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 and 6(1), (2) and (3).