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Parts 1A to 7 COMPANY INSOLVENCY; COMPANIES WINDING UP
CHAPTER 4 Effects of moratorium
CHAPTER 8 Miscellaneous and general
PART II COMPANY VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS
PART III ADMINISTRATION ORDERS
PART V WINDING UP OF COMPANIES REGISTERED UNDER the Companies Act 2006
CHAPTER II VOLUNTARY WINDING UP (INTRODUCTORY AND GENERAL)
CHAPTER V PROVISIONS APPLYING TO BOTH KINDS OF VOLUNTARY WINDING UP
CHAPTER VI WINDING UP BY THE HIGH COURT
CHAPTER VIII PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION IN WINDING UP
PART VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS APPLYING TO COMPANIES WHICH ARE INSOLVENT OR IN LIQUIDATION
CHAPTER I BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS; BANKRUPTCY ORDERS
CHAPTER II PROTECTION OF BANKRUPT'S ESTATE AND INVESTIGATION OF HIS AFFAIRS
CHAPTER III TRUSTEES IN BANKRUPTCY
CHAPTER IV ADMINISTRATION BY TRUSTEE
Distribution of bankrupt's estate
CHAPTER V EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY ON CERTAIN RIGHTS, TRANSACTIONS, ETC.
PARTS XI TO XIV MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS BEARING ON BOTH COMPANY AND INDIVIDUAL INSOLVENCY
PART XI PREFERENTIAL AND NON-PREFERENTIAL DEBTS IN COMPANY AND INDIVIDUAL INSOLVENCY
SCHEDULES
MORATORIUM: CONTRACT OR OTHER INSTRUMENT INVOLVING FINANCIAL SERVICES
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR BY HIGH COURT
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR BY HOLDER OF FLOATING CHARGE
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR BY COMPANY OR DIRECTORS
ADMINISTRATION APPLICATION — SPECIAL CASES
Supplying vacancy in office of administrator
92.(1) Where the administrator was appointed by administration order, the...
93.Where the administrator was appointed under paragraph 15 the holder...
94.(1) Where the administrator was appointed under paragraph 23(1) by...
95.(1) Where the administrator was appointed under paragraph 23(2) the...
96.The High Court may replace an administrator on the application...
Substitution of administrator: competing floating charge-holder
Substitution of administrator appointed by company or directors: creditors' meeting
POWERS OF ADMINISTRATOR OR ADMINISTRATIVE RECEIVER
2.Power to sell or otherwise dispose of the company's property,...
4.Power to raise or borrow money and grant security therefor...
5.Power to appoint a solicitor or accountant or other professionally...
7.Power to refer to arbitration any question affecting the company....
8.Power to effect and maintain insurances in respect of the...
13.Power to do all such things (including the carrying out...
14.Power to make any payment which is necessary or incidental...
17.Power to transfer to subsidiaries of the company the whole...
19.Power to make any arrangement or compromise on behalf of...
21.Power to rank and claim in the bankruptcy, insolvency or...
23.Power to change the situation of the company's registered office....
24.Power to do all other things incidental to the exercise...
EXCEPTIONS TO PROHIBITION ON APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECEIVER: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
CONDITIONS FOR MAKING A DEBT RELIEF ORDER
PART 1 CONDITIONS WHICH MUST BE MET
Debtor's previous insolvency history
2.The debtor is not, on the determination date— (a) an undischarged bankrupt; (b) subject to...
3.A debtor's petition for the debtor's bankruptcy under Part 9— (a) has not been presented...
4.A creditor's petition for the debtor's bankruptcy under Part 9— (a) has not been presented...
5.A debt relief order has not been made in relation to the debtor in the...
DEBT RELIEF RESTRICTIONS ORDERS AND UNDERTAKINGS
BANKRUPTCY RESTRICTIONS ORDER AND UNDERTAKING
POWERS OF TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY
PART I POWERS EXERCISABLE WITH SANCTION
1.Power to carry on any business of the bankrupt so far as may be necessary...
2.Power to bring, institute or defend any action or legal proceedings relating to the property...
2A.Power to bring legal proceedings under Article 312, 313 or 367.
3.Power to accept as the consideration for the sale of any property comprised in the...
4.Power to mortgage or pledge any part of the property comprised in the bankrupt's estate...
5.Power, where any right, option or other power forms part of the bankrupt's estate, to...
6.Power to refer to arbitration, or compromise on such terms...
7.Power to make such compromise or other arrangement as may be thought expedient with creditors,...
8.Power to make such compromise or other arrangement as may...
PROVISIONS CAPABLE OF INCLUSION IN COMPANY INSOLVENCY RULES
8.Provision with respect to the certification of any person as,...
9.The following provision with respect to meetings of a company's creditors, contributories or members— (a)...
10.(1) Provision as to the functions, membership and proceedings of a committee established under Article...
11.Provision as to the manner in which any requirement that may be imposed on a...
12.Provision as to the debts that may be proved in a winding up, as to...
13.Provision with respect to the manner of the distribution of the property of a company...
14.Provision which, with or without modifications, applies in relation to the winding up of companies...
14A.Provision about the application of Article 150A which may include, in particular— (a) provision enabling...
15.Provision as to the amount, or manner of determining the amount, payable to the liquidator,...
16.Provision with respect to the manner in which money received by the liquidator of a...
16A.Provision enabling the Department to set the rate of interest paid on sums which have...
17.Provision as to the costs that may be treated as the expenses of a winding...
18.Provision as to the costs that may be treated as properly incurred by the administrator...
19.Provision as to the costs that may be incurred for any of the purposes of...
20.Provision requiring officers of the High Court— (a) to keep books and other records with...
21.Provision requiring a creditor, member or contributory, or such a committee as is mentioned in...
22.Provision as to the manner in which public examinations under Articles 113 and 114 and...
23.Provision imposing requirements with respect to— (a) the preparation and keeping by the liquidator, administrator...
24.Provision requiring the person who is the supervisor of a voluntary arrangement approved under Part...
25.Provision as to the manner in which the liquidator of a company is to act...
26.Provision imposing requirements in connection with the carrying out of functions under Article 10(4) of...
PROVISIONS CAPABLE OF INCLUSION IN INDIVIDUAL INSOLVENCY RULES
Register of debt relief orders and debt relief restrictions orders, etc.
Administration of individual insolvency
9.Provision with respect to the certification of the appointment of any person as trustee of
10.The following provision with respect to meetings of creditors—
11.Provision as to the functions, membership and proceedings of a creditors' committee established under Article
12.Provision as to the manner in which any requirement that may be imposed on a
13.Provision as to the manner in which any requirement imposed by virtue of Article 283(3)
14.Provision as to the terms and conditions that may be included in a charge under
15.Provision as to the debts that may be proved in any bankruptcy, as to the
16.Provision with respect to the manner of the distribution of a bankrupt's estate, including provision
17.Provision modifying the application of Parts VIII to X in relation to a debtor or
18.Provision as to the amount, or manner of determining the amount, payable to an interim...
19.Provision with respect to the manner in which money received by the trustee of a...
19A.Provision enabling the Department to set the rate of interest paid on sums which have...
20.Provision as to the costs that may be treated as the expenses of a bankruptcy.
21.Provision as to the costs that may be incurred for any of the purposes of...
23.Provision requiring a creditor or a committee established under Article 274 to be supplied (on
24.Provision as to the manner in which public examinations under Article 263 and proceedings under
25.Provision imposing requirements with respect to— (a) the preparation and...
26.Provision requiring the person who is the supervisor of a voluntary arrangement approved under Part
27.Provision as to the manner in which the trustee of a bankrupt's estate is to
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