C1C2C3 PART VWINDING UP OF COMPANIES REGISTERED UNDER F3the Companies Act 2006
Pt. V modified (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), ss. 13, 49(1) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))
Pts. 1-5 modified by S.R. 2004/307 (as amended (1.10.2006) by Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/377), reg. 3, Sch. 2; (temp.) (27.4.2020 retrospective) by virtue of Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), Sch. 11 para. 8(1)(2), 14 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2)); (26.6.2020) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/643), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with reg. 3); (16.2.2021) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/60), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with reg. 4(2)))
Pts. 1-5 applied (with modifications) (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2021/716, Sch. 1A para. 3 (as inserted by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1399), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1)
CHAPTER VIWINDING UP BY THE HIGH COURT
General powers of High Court
Delegation of powers to liquidator137
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Provision may be made by rules for enabling or requiring all or any of the powers and duties conferred and imposed on the High Court F1. . . in respect of the following matters—
a
the holding and conducting of meetings to ascertain the wishes of creditors and contributories,
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the settling of lists of contributories and the rectifying of the register of members where required, and the collection and application of the assets,
c
the payment, delivery, conveyance, surrender or transfer of money, property, books or papers to the liquidator,
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the making of calls,
e
the fixing of a time within which debts and claims must be proved,
to be exercised or performed by the liquidator as an officer of the Court, and subject to the Court's control.
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But the liquidator shall not, without the special leave of the High Court, rectify the register of members, and shall not make any call without either that special leave or the sanction of the liquidation committee.
Words in Pt. V heading substituted (1.10.2009) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), arts. 2(1), 8, Sch. 1 para. 111(2) (with art. 10)