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(1)Where notice of disclaimer is executed under section 656 as respects any property, that property is deemed not to have vested in the Crown under section 654.
[F1(2)As regards property in England and Wales [F2section 178(4) and sections 179 to 182 of the Insolvency Act] shall apply as if the property had been disclaimed by the liquidator under the said section 91 immediately before the dissolution of the company.]
(3)As regards property in Scotland, the following 4 subsections apply.
(4)The Crown’s disclaimer operates to determine, as from the date of the disclaimer, the rights, interests and liabilities of the company, and the property of the company, in or in respect of the property disclaimed; but it does not (except so far as is necessary for the purpose of releasing the company and its property from liability) affect the rights or liabilities of any other person.
(5)The court may, on application by a person who either claims an interest in disclaimed property or is under a liability not discharged by this Act in respect of disclaimed property, and on hearing such persons as it thinks fit, make an order for the vesting of the property in or its delivery to any persons entitled to it, or to whom it may seem just that the property should be delivered by way of compensation for such liability, or a trustee for him, and on such terms as the court thinks just.
(6)On such a vesting order being made, the property comprised in it vests accordingly in the person named in that behalf in the order, without conveyance or assignation for that purpose.
(7)Part II of Schedule 20 has effect for the protection of third parties where the property disclaimed is held under a lease.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 657(2) substituted by Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 66), ss. 109, 235, Sch. 6 para. 46, Sch. 9 para. 9
F2Words substituted by Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45, SIF 66), s. 439(1), Sch. 13 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 657 applied with modifications by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), s. 90, Sch. 15 para. 57
S. 657 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1090, reg. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I
C2S. 657 applied (1.2.1993) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), s. 23, Sch. 10 para. 68(1)(2)(3) (with ss. 7(5), 93(4)); S.I. 1993/16, art. 2, Sch.3
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