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“administrative receiver” means—
a receiver or manager of the whole (or substantially the whole) of a company's property appointed by or on behalf of the holders of any debentures of the company secured by a charge which, as created, was a floating charge, or by such a charge and one or more other securities; or
a person who would be such a receiver or manager but for the appointment of some other person as the receiver of part of the company's property;
“business day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971F3;
“chattel leasing agreement” means an agreement for the bailment of goods which is capable of subsisting for more than 3 months;
“debt”, in relation to the winding up of a company [F4or where a company is in administration], means (subject to Article 2(3)) any of the following—
any debt or liability to which the company is subject at the date on which it goes into liquidation [F5or enters administration] ;
any debt or liability to which the company may become subject after that date by reason of any obligation incurred before that date; and
“director” includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called;
“floating charge” means a charge which, as created, was a floating charge;
“nominee” means a person acting as defined in Article 15(2);
“the official rate”, in relation to interest, means the rate payable under Article 160(4);
“the registrar” means the registrar of companies appointed under Article 653 of the Companies Order and, for the purpose of this Order, includes an assistant registrar;
“a resolution for voluntary winding up” means a resolution passed under any of the sub‐paragraphs of Article 70(1);
“retention of title agreement” means an agreement for the sale of goods to a company being an agreement—
which does not constitute a charge on the goods, but
under which, if the seller is not paid and the company is wound up, the seller will have priority over all other creditors of the company as respects the goods or any property representing the goods;
“secured creditor”, in relation to a company, means a creditor of the company who holds in respect of his debt a security over property of the company, and“unsecured creditor” is to be read accordingly;
“security” means any mortgage, charge, lien or other security;
“shadow director”, in relation to a company, means a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act (but so that a person is not deemed a shadow director by reason only that the directors act on advice given by him in a professional capacity);
“supervisor” means a person acting as defined in Article 20(2);
“voluntary arrangement” means an arrangement as defined in Article 14(1).
(2) Any expression for whose interpretation provision is made by Part I of the Companies Order, other than an expression defined in this Article, is to be construed in accordance with that provision.
F1mod. by SR 2004/307
F2Art. 5(1): definitions of "administrator" and "administration order" repealed (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 3(3), 31, Sch. 2 para. 19, Sch. 9 (with art. 4); S.R. 2006/21, art. 2 (with S.R. 2006/22, arts. 2-7)
F4Words in art. 5(1) in the definition of "debt" inserted (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Minor and Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/61), art. 2, Sch. para. 3(a) (with art. 4)
F5Words in art. 5(1)(a) in the definition of "debt" inserted (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Minor and Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/61), art. 2, Sch. para. 3(b) (with art. 4)
F6Words in art. 5(1)(c) in the definition of "debt" inserted (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Minor and Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/61), art. 2, Sch. para. 3(c) (with art. 4)
F7Words in art. 5(1)(c) in the definition of "debt" inserted (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Minor and Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/61), art. 2, Sch. para. 3(c) (with art. 4)
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