The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

[F1Obligations to notify where moratorium comes into forceN.I.

13BE.(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after a moratorium for a company comes into force, the directors must notify the monitor of that fact.

(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a notice under paragraph (1), the monitor must notify the following that a moratorium for the company has come into force—

(a)the registrar,

(b)every creditor of the company of whose claim the monitor is aware,

(c)in a case where the company is or has been an employer in respect of an occupational pension scheme that is not a money purchase scheme, the Pensions Regulator, and

(d)in a case where the company is an employer in respect of such a pension scheme that is an eligible scheme within the meaning given by Article 110 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, the Board of the Pension Protection Fund.

(3) A notice under paragraph (2) must specify—

(a)when the moratorium came into force, and

(b)when, subject to any alteration under or by virtue of any of the provisions mentioned in Article 13C(3) or (4), the moratorium will come to an end.

(4) If the directors fail to comply with paragraph (1), any director who did not have a reasonable excuse for the failure commits an offence.

(5) If the monitor without reasonable excuse fails to comply with paragraph (2), the monitor commits an offence.]