Companies Act 2006, Section 1036 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 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.
After section 446B of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) (inserted by section 1035 above) insert—
(1)An inspector may resign by notice in writing to the Secretary of State.
(2)The Secretary of State may revoke the appointment of an inspector by notice in writing to the inspector.
(1)Where—
(a)an inspector resigns,
(b)an inspector's appointment is revoked, or
(c)an inspector dies,
the Secretary of State may appoint one or more competent inspectors to continue the investigation.
(2)An appointment under subsection (1) shall be treated for the purposes of this Part (apart from this section) as an appointment under the provision of this Part under which the former inspector was appointed.
(3)The Secretary of State must exercise his power under subsection (1) so as to secure that at least one inspector continues the investigation.
(4)Subsection (3) does not apply if—
(a)the Secretary of State could give any replacement inspector a direction under section 446B (termination of investigation), and
(b)such a direction would (under subsection (4) of that section) result in a final report not being made.
(5)In this section, references to an investigation include any investigation the former inspector conducted under section 433(1) (power to investigate affairs of holding company or subsidiary).”.
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