The Energy Administration (Scotland) Rules 2006

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Construction and Interpretation

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Construction and interpretation

   3. 3. Application

3. PART 2 Appointment of Energy Administrator by Court

   1. 4. Form of application

   2. 5. Service of petition

   3. 6. Expenses

   4. 7. Notice of dismissal of application for an energy administration order

4. PART 3 Process of Energy Administration

   1. 8. Notification and advertisement of energy administrator’s appointment

   2. 9. Notice requiring statement of affairs

   3. 10. Statements of affairs and statements of concurrence

   4. 11. Limited disclosure

   5. 12. Release from duty to submit statement of affairs; extension of time

   6. 13. Expenses of statement of affairs

   7. 14. Energy administrator’s proposals

5. PART 4 Meetings and Reports

   1. 15. Meetings generally and notice

   2. 16. Adjournment

   3. 17. The chairman at meetings

   4. 18. Quorum at meeting of creditors

   5. 19. Chairman of meeting as proxy holder

   6. 20. Meeting following nomination of alternative liquidator

   7. 21. Entitlement to vote (creditors and members)

   8. 22. Hire-purchase, conditional sale and hiring agreements

   9. 23. Disposal of secured property

   10. 24. Resolutions

   11. 25. Report of Meeting

   12. 26. Revision of the energy administrator’s proposals

   13. 27. Reports to creditors

6. PART 5 Claims in Energy Administration

   1. 28. Submission of claims

   2. 29. Secured debts

   3. 30. Entitlement to vote and draw dividend

   4. 31. Adjudication of claims

   5. 32. Evidence in relation to claims

   6. 33. Criminal offences in relation to false claims or evidence

   7. 34. Amount which may be claimed generally

   8. 35. Debts depending on contingency

   9. 36. Liabilities and rights of co-obligants

   10. 37. Claims in foreign currency

7. PART 6 Distribution to Creditors

   1. 38. Application of Part and general

   2. 39. Order of priority in distribution

   3. 40. Expenses of the energy administration

   4. 41. Assets to be distributed

   5. 42. Procedure after accounting period

   6. 43. Unclaimed Dividends

8. PART 7 Ending Energy Administration

   1. 44. Final progress reports

   2. 45. Application to court

   3. 46. Notification by energy administrator of court order

   4. 47. Moving from energy administration to creditors' voluntary liquidation

   5. 48. Moving from energy administration to dissolution

   6. 49. Provision of information to the Secretary of State

9. PART 8 Replacing energy administrator

   1. 50. Grounds for resignation

   2. 51. Notice of intention to resign

   3. 52. Notice of resignation

   4. 53. Application to court to remove energy administrator from office

   5. 54. Incapacity to act, through death or otherwise

   6. 55. Application to replace

   7. 56. Joint or concurrent appointments

   8. 57. Notification and advertisement of appointment of replacement energy administrator

   9. 58. Hand-over of assets to successor energy administrator

10. PART 9 Prescribed Part

    1. 59. Application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act to disapply section 176A of the 1986 Act

    2. 60. Notice of order under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act

11. PART 10 Proxies and Company representation

    1. 61. Definition of “proxy”

    2. 62. Form of proxy

    3. 63. Use of proxy at meeting

    4. 64. Retention of proxies

    5. 65. Right of inspection

    6. 66. Proxy-holder with financial interest

    7. 67. Representation of corporations

12. PART 11 Miscellaneous and General

    1. 68. Giving of notices, etc.

    2. 69. Sending by post

    3. 70. Certificate of giving notice, etc.

    4. 71. Validity of proceedings

    5. 72. Evidence of proceedings at meetings

    6. 73. Right to list of creditors and copy documents

    7. 74. Confidentiality of documents

    8. 75. Energy administrator’s caution

    9. 76. Punishment of offences

    10. 77. Forms for use in energy administration proceedings

    11. 78. Fees, expenses, etc.

    12. 79. Power of court to cure defects in procedure

    13. 80. Sederunt book

    14. 81. Disposal of protected energy company’s books, papers and other records

    15. 82. Information about time spent on a case

13. Signature

14. 1. SCHEDULE

15. Explanatory Note