The Energy Supply Company Administration Rules 2013

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introductory provisions

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Construction and interpretation

   3. 3. Application

3. PART 2 Appointment of energy administrator by court

   1. 4. Witness statement

   2. 5. Form of application

   3. 6. Contents of application and witness statement

   4. 7. Filing of application

   5. 8. Service of application

   6. 9. Notice to officers charged with execution of writs or other process

   7. 10. Manner in which service to be effected

   8. 11. Proof of service

   9. 12. The hearing

   10. 13. Notice of esc administration order

4. PART 3 Process of energy supply company administration

   1. 14. Notification and advertisement of energy administrator's appointment

   2. 15. Notice requiring statement of affairs

   3. 16. Verification and filing

   4. 17. Limited disclosure

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

   6. 19. Expenses of statement of affairs

   7. 20. Energy administrator's proposals

   8. 21. Limited disclosure of paragraph 49 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act statement

5. PART 4 Meetings and reports

   1. CHAPTER 1 Creditors' meetings

      1. 22. Creditors' meetings generally

      2. 23. The chair at meetings

      3. 24. Creditors' meeting for nomination of alternative liquidator

      4. 25. Entitlement to vote

      5. 26. Admission and rejection of claims

      6. 27. Secured creditors

      7. 28. Holders of negotiable instruments

      8. 29. Hire-purchase, conditional sale and chattel leasing agreements

      9. 30. Resolutions

      10. 31. Minutes

      11. 32. Revision of the energy administrator's proposals

      12. 33. Reports

   2. CHAPTER 2 Company meetings

      1. 34. Venue and conduct of company meeting

6. PART 5 Disposal of charged property

   1. 35. Authority to dispose of property

7. PART 6 Expenses of the energy supply company administration

   1. 36. Priority of expenses of energy supply company administration

   2. 37. Pre-energy supply company administration costs

8. PART 7 Distribution to creditors

   1. CHAPTER 1 Application of Part and general

      1. 38. Distribution to creditors generally

      2. 39. Debts of insolvent energy supply company to rank equally

      3. 40. Supplementary provisions as to dividend

      4. 41. Division of unsold assets

   2. CHAPTER 2 Machinery of proving a debt

      1. 42. Proving a debt

      2. 43. Costs of proving

      3. 44. Energy administrator to allow inspection of proofs

      4. 45. New energy administrator appointed

      5. 46. Admission and rejection of proofs for dividend

      6. 47. Appeal against decision on proof

      7. 48. Withdrawal or variation of proof

      8. 49. Expunging of proof by the court

   3. CHAPTER 3 Quantification of claims

      1. 50. Estimate of quantum

      2. 51. Negotiable instruments, etc

      3. 52. Secured creditors

      4. 53. Discounts

      5. 54. Mutual credits and set off

      6. 55. Debt in foreign currency

      7. 56. Payments of a periodical nature

      8. 57. Interest

      9. 58. Debt payable at future time

      10. 59. Value of security

      11. 60. Surrender for non-disclosure

      12. 61. Redemption by energy administrator

      13. 62. Test of security's value

      14. 63. Realisation of security by creditor

      15. 64. Notice of proposed distribution

      16. 65. Admission or rejection of proofs

      17. 66. Postponement or cancellation of dividend

      18. 67. Declaration of dividend

      19. 68. Notice of declaration of a dividend

      20. 69. Payments of dividends and related matters

      21. 70. Notice of no dividend, or no further dividend

      22. 71. Proof altered after payment of dividend

      23. 72. Secured creditors

      24. 73. Disqualification from dividend

      25. 74. Assignment of right to dividend

      26. 75. Adjustment where dividend paid before time

9. PART 8 The energy administrator

   1. 76. Fixing of remuneration

   2. 77. Remuneration of new energy administrator

10. PART 9 Ending energy supply company administration

    1. 78. Final progress reports

    2. 79. Application to court

    3. 80. Notification by energy administrator of court order

    4. 81. Moving from energy supply company administration to creditors' voluntary liquidation

    5. 82. Moving from energy supply company administration to dissolution

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

11. PART 10 Replacing energy administrator

    1. 84. Grounds for resignation

    2. 85. Notice of intention to resign

    3. 86. Notice of resignation

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

    5. 88. Notice of vacation of office when energy administrator ceases to be qualified to act

    6. 89. Energy administrator deceased

    7. 90. Application to replace

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

    9. 92. Notification and advertisement of appointment of joint energy administrator

    10. 93. Notification to registrar of companies

    11. 94. Energy administrator's duties on vacating office

12. PART 11 Court procedure and practice

    1. CHAPTER 1 Applications

       1. 95. Preliminary

       2. 96. Form and contents of application

       3. 97. Application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act to disapply section 176A of the 1986 Act

       4. 98. Filing and service of application

       5. 99. Application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act

       6. 100. Hearings without notice

       7. 101. Hearing of application

       8. 102. Witness statements - general

       9. 103. Filing and service of witness statements

       10. 104. Use of reports

       11. 105. Adjournment of hearings; directions

    2. CHAPTER 2 Shorthand writers

       1. 106. Nomination and appointment of shorthand writers

       2. 107. Remuneration

    3. CHAPTER 3 Enforcement procedures

       1. 108. Enforcement of court orders

       2. 109. Orders enforcing compliance with these Rules

       3. 110. Warrant under section 236 of the 1986 Act

    4. CHAPTER 4 Court records and returns

       1. 111. Court file

    5. CHAPTER 5 Costs and detailed assessment

       1. 112. Application of Chapter 8

       2. 113. Requirement to assess costs by the detailed procedure

       3. 114. Procedure where detailed assessment required

       4. 115. Costs paid otherwise than out of the assets of the energy supply company

       5. 116. Award of costs against energy administrator

       6. 117. Application for costs

       7. 118. Costs and expenses of witnesses

       8. 119. Final costs certificate

    6. CHAPTER 6 Persons who lack capacity to manage their affairs

       1. 120. Introductory

       2. 121. Appointment of another person to act

       3. 122. Witness statement in support of application

       4. 123. Service of notices following appointment

    7. CHAPTER 7 Appeals in energy supply company administration proceedings

       1. 124. Appeals and reviews of esc administration orders

       2. 125. Procedure on appeal

    8. CHAPTER 8 General

       1. 126. Principal court rules and practice to apply

       2. 127. Rights of audience

       3. 128. Formal defects

       4. 129. Service of orders staying proceedings

       5. 130. Payment into court

       6. 131. Further information and disclosure

       7. 132. Office copies of documents

13. PART 12 Proxies and energy supply company representation

    1. 133. Definition of proxy

    2. 134. Issue and use of forms

    3. 135. Use of proxies at meetings

    4. 136. Retention of proxies

    5. 137. Right of inspection

    6. 138. Proxy holder with financial interest

    7. 139. Energy supply company representation

14. PART 13 Examination of persons in energy supply company administration proceedings

    1. 140. Preliminary

    2. 141. Form and contents of application

    3. 142. Order for examination, etc

    4. 143. Procedure for examination

    5. 144. Record of examination

    6. 145. Cost of proceedings under section 236

15. PART 14 Miscellaneous and general

    1. 146. Power of Secretary of State to regulate certain matters

    2. 147. Costs, expenses, etc

    3. 148. Provable debts

    4. 149. False claim of status as creditor, etc

    5. 150. Punishment of offences

16. PART 15 Provisions of general effect

    1. CHAPTER 1 The giving of notice and the supply of documents – general

       1. 151. Application

       2. 152. Personal delivery of documents

       3. 153. Postal delivery of documents

       4. 154. Non-receipt of notice of meeting

       5. 155. Notice etc to solicitors

       6. 156. Notice of meetings by advertisement only

    2. CHAPTER 2 The giving of notice and the supply of documents by or to energy administrators etc

       1. 157. Application

       2. 158. Notice to joint energy administrators

       3. 159. The form of notices and other documents

       4. 160. Proof of sending etc

       5. 161. Authentication

       6. 162. Electronic delivery in energy supply company administration proceedings – general

       7. 163. Electronic delivery by energy administrators

       8. 164. Use of websites by energy administrator

       9. 165. Special provision on account of expense as to website use

       10. 166. Electronic delivery of energy supply company administration proceedings to courts

    3. CHAPTER 3 Service of court documents

       1. 167. Application

       2. 168. Application of CPR Part 6 to service of court documents within the jurisdiction

       3. 169. Service of orders staying proceedings

       4. 170. Service on joint energy administrators

       5. 171. Application of CPR Part 6 to service of court documents outside the jurisdiction

    4. CHAPTER 4 Meetings

       1. 172. Quorum at meeting of creditors

       2. 173. Remote attendance at meetings of creditors

       3. 174. Action where person excluded

       4. 175. Indication to excluded person

       5. 176. Complaint

    5. CHAPTER 5 Forms

       1. 177. Forms for use in energy supply company administration proceedings

       2. 178. Electronic submission of information instead of submission of forms to the Secretary of State, energy administrators

       3. 179. Electronic submission of information instead of submission of forms in all other cases

    6. CHAPTER 6 Gazette notices

       1. 180. Contents of notices to be gazetted under the 1986 Act or these Rules

       2. 181. Omission of unobtainable information

       3. 182. The Gazette – general

    7. CHAPTER 7 Notice advertised otherwise than in the Gazette

       1. 183. Notices otherwise advertised under the 1986 Act or these Rules

       2. 184. Non-Gazette notices – other provisions

    8. CHAPTER 8 Notifications to the registrar of companies

       1. 185. Application of this Chapter

       2. 186. Information to be contained in all notifications to the registrar

       3. 187. Notifications relating to the office of energy administrators

       4. 188. Notification relating to documents

       5. 189. Notifications relating to court orders

       6. 190. Returns or reports of meetings

       7. 191. Notifications relating to other events

       8. 192. Notifications of more than one nature

       9. 193. Notifications made to other persons at the same time

    9. CHAPTER 9 Inspection of documents and the provision of information

       1. 194. Confidentiality of documents – grounds for refusing inspection

       2. 195. Right to copy documents

       3. 196. Charges for copy documents

       4. 197. Right to have list of creditors

    10. CHAPTER 10 Computation of time and time limits

        1. 198. Time limits

    11. CHAPTER 11 Security

        1. 199. Energy administrator's security

    12. CHAPTER 12 Notice of order under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act

        1. 200. Notice of order under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act

17. PART 16 Interpretation and application

    1. 201. Introductory

    2. 202. “The court”; “the registrar”

    3. 203. “Energy supply company administration proceedings”

    4. 204. “The appropriate fee”

    5. 205. “Debt”, “liability”

    6. 206. “Venue”

    7. 207. Expressions used generally

    8. 208. Application

18. Signature

19. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Forms

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Punishment of offences under these rules

20. Explanatory Note