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[F123.—(1) During the period for which a moratorium is in force for a company—N.I.
(a)no petition may be presented for the winding up of the company,
(b )F2no meeting of the company may be called or requisitioned except with the consent of the nominee or the leave of the High Court and subject (where the Court gives leave) to such terms as the Court may impose,
(c )F2no resolution may be passed or order made for the winding up of the company,
[F3(d)no administration application may be made in respect of the company,
(da)no administrator of the company may be appointed under paragraph 15 or 23 of Schedule B1,]
(e)no administrative receiver of the company may be appointed,
(f)no landlord or other person to whom rent is payable may exercise any right of forfeiture by peaceable re-entry in relation to premises let to the company in respect of a failure by the company to comply with any term or condition of its tenancy of such premises, except with the leave of the High Court and subject to such terms as the Court may impose,
(g)no other steps may be taken to enforce any security over the company's property, or to repossess goods in the company's possession under any hire-purchase agreement, except with the leave of the High Court and subject to such terms as the Court may impose, and
(h)no other proceedings and no execution or other legal process may be commenced or continued, and no distress may be levied, against the company or its property except with the leave of the High Court and subject to such terms as the Court may impose.
(2 )F2 Where a petition, other than an excepted petition, for the winding up of the company has been presented before the beginning of the moratorium, Article 107 shall not apply in relation to any disposition of property, transfer of shares or alteration in status made during the moratorium or at a time mentioned in paragraph 47(5)(a).
(3) Paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to an excepted petition and, where such a petition has been presented before the beginning of the moratorium or is presented during the moratorium, paragraphs (b) and (c) of that sub-paragraph do not apply in relation to proceedings on the petition.
(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, excepted petition means a petition under—
(a)Article 104A[F4 or 104B],
(b)F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)section 367 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 on the ground mentioned in subsection (3)(b) of that section.]
F2mod. by SR 2004/307
F3Sch. A1 para. 23(1)(d)(da) substituted (27.3.2006) for Sch. A1 para. 23(1)(d) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 3(3), Sch. 2 para. 45(3) (with art. 4); S.R. 2006/21, art. 2 (with S.R. 2006/22, arts. 2 - 7)
F4SR 2004/417
F5Sch. A1 para. 23(4)(b)(c) repealed (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 11(3), 31, Sch. 9 (with art. 4); S.R. 2006/21, art. 2 (with S.R. 2006/22, arts. 2 - 7)
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