Insolvency Act 1986

Section 386.

SCHEDULE 6E+W+S The Categories of Preferential Debts

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (17.2.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 21.2.2009) by Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), ss. 103, 263(1)(2) (with s. 247); S.I. 2009/296, arts. 2, 3, Sch. para. 2

C2Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (17.2.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 21.2.2009) by Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), ss. 145, 263(1)(2) (with s. 247); S.I. 2009/296, arts. 2, 3, Sch. para. 3

Category 1: Debts due to Inland RevenueE+W+S

1E+W+S[F1Sums due at the relevant date from the debtor on account of deductions of income tax from [F2taxable earnings (as defined by section 10 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003)] paid during the period of 12 months next before that date.

The deductions here referred to are those which the debtor was liable to make under [F3PAYE regulations], less the amount of the repayments of income tax which the debtor was liable to make during that period.]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 6 para. 1 ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(a), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

F2Words in Sch. 6 para. 1 substituted (6.4.2003 with effect as mentioned in s. 723(1)(a)(b)) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), ss. 722, 723, Sch. 6 Pt. 2 para. 154(a) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 7)

F3Words in Sch. 6 para. 1 substituted (6.4.2003 with effect as mentioned in s. 723(1)(a)(b)) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), ss. 722, 723, Sch. 6 Pt. 2 para. 154(b) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 7)

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[F4Sums due to the relevant date from the debtor in respect of such deductions as are required to be made by the debtor for that period under section [F5559 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988] (sub-contractors in the construction industry).]

Textual Amendments

F4Sch. 6 para. 2 ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(a), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

Category 2: Debts due to Customs and ExciseE+W+S

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[F6Any value added tax which is referable to the period of 6 months next before the relevant date (which period is referred to below as “the 6-month period”).

For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)where the whole of the prescribed accounting period to which any value added tax is attributable falls within the 6-month period, the whole amount of that tax is referable to that period; and

(b)in any other case the amount of any value added tax which is referable to the 6-month period is the proportion of the tax which is equal to such proportion (if any) of the accounting reference period in question as falls within the 6-month period;

and in sub-paragraph (a) “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under the M1Value Added Tax Act [F71994].]

Textual Amendments

F6Sch. 6 para. 3 ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(b), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

F7Words in Sch. 6 para. 3 substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(1), 101(1), Sch. 14 para. 8 (with Sch. 13 para. 9)

Marginal Citations

[F8[F93AE+W+SAny insurance premium tax which is referable to the period of 6 months next before the relevant date (which period is referred to below as “the 6-month period”).

For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)where the whole of the accounting period to which any insurance premium tax is attributable falls within the 6-month period, the whole amount of that tax is referable to that period; and

(b)in any other case the amount of any insurance premium tax which is referable to the 6-month period is the proportion of the tax which is equal to such proportion (if any) of the accounting period in question as falls within the 6-month period;

and references here to accounting periods shall be construed in accordance with Part III of the Finance Act 1994.]]

Textual Amendments

F8Sch. 6 para. 3A ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(b), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

F9Sch. 6 para. 3A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 64, Sch. 7 Pt. III para. 7(2)

[F10[F113BE+W+SAny landfill tax which is referable to the period of 6 months next before the relevant date (which period is referred to below as “the 6-month period”).

For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)where the whole of the accounting period to which any landfill tax is attributable falls within the 6-month period, the whole amount of that tax is referable to that period; and

(b)in any other case the amount of any landfill tax which is referable to the 6-month period is the proportion of the tax which is equal to such proportion (if any) of the accounting period in question as falls within the 6-month period;

and references here to accounting periods shall be construed in accordance with Part III of the Finance Act 1996.]]

Textual Amendments

F10Sch. 6 para. 3B ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(b), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

F11Sch. 6 para. 3B inserted (29.4.1996) by 1996 c. 8, s. 60, Sch. 5 Pt. III para. 12(1)

[F12[F133CE+W+SAny climate change levy which is referable to the period of 6 months next before the relevant date (which period is referred to below as “the 6-month period”).

For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)where the whole of the accounting period to which any climate change levy is attributable falls within the 6-month period, the whole amount of that levy is referable to that period; and

(b)in any other case the amount of any climate change levy which is referable to the 6-month period is the proportion of the levy which is equal to such proportion (if any) of the accounting period in question as falls within the 6-month period;

and references here to accounting periods shall be construed in accordance with Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2000.]]

Textual Amendments

F12Sch. 6 para. 3C ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(b), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

F13Sch. 6 para. 3C inserted (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 30, Sch. 7 para. 3(1)(b)(2)

[F14[F153DE+W+SAny aggregates levy which is referable to the period of 6 months next before the relevant date (which period is referred to below as “the 6-month period”).

For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)where the whole of the accounting period to which any aggregates levy is attributable falls within the 6-month period, the whole amount of that levy is referable to that period; and

(b)in any other case the amount of any aggregates levy which is referable to the 6-month period is the proportion of the levy which is equal to such proportion (if any) of the accounting period in question as falls within the 6-month period;

and references here to accounting periods shall be construed in accordance with Part 2 of the Finance Act 2001.]]

Textual Amendments

F14Sch. 6 para. 3D ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(b), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

F15Sch. 6 para. 3D inserted (11.5.2001) by 2001 c. 9, s. 27, Sch. 5 para. 17(b)(2)

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[F16The amount of any car tax which is due at the relevant date from the debtor and which became due within a period of 12 months next before that date.]

Textual Amendments

F16Sch. 6 para. 4 ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(b), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

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[F17Any amount which is due—

(a)by way of general betting duty [F18, bingo duty or gaming duty], or

(b)under section 12(1) of the M2Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (general betting duty and pool betting duty recoverable from agent collecting stakes), F19. . .

F19(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

from the debtor at the relevant date and which became due within the period of 12 months next before that date.]

Textual Amendments

F17Sch. 6 para. 5 ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(b), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

F18Words in Sch. 6 para. 5(a) substituted (19.3.1997) by 1997 c. 16, ss. 13(2), 15, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 6

F19Sch. 6 para. 5(c) and word preceding it repealed (19.3.1997 but without application in relation to any amount due in respect of duty chargeable for a period beginning before 1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 113, Sch. 18 Pt. II Notes 1, 2

Marginal Citations

[F20[F215AE+W+SThe amount of any excise duty on beer which is due at the relevant date from the debtor and which became due within a period of 6 months next before that date.]]

Textual Amendments

F20Sch. 6 para. 5A ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(b), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

[F22[F235BE+W+SAny amount which is due by way of lottery duty from the debtor at the relevant date and which became due within the period of 12 months next before that date.]]

Textual Amendments

F22Sch. 6 para. 5B ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(b), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

F23Sch. 6 para. 5B inserted (1.12.1993) by 1993 c. 34, ss. 36(2), 40(2)(3); S.I. 1993/2842, art. 3(1)

[F24[F255CE+W+SAny amount which is due by way of air passenger duty from the debtor at the relevant date and which became due within the period of six months next before that date.]]

Textual Amendments

F24Sch. 6 para. 5C ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(b), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

F25Sch. 6 para. 5C inserted (3.5.1994 with application to any carriage of a passenger on an aircraft which begins after 31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 9, ss. 40(2), 44, Sch. 6 para. 13(1)

Category 3: Social security contributionsE+W+S

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[F26All sums which on the relevant date are due from the debtor on account of Class 1 or Class 2 contributions under the [F27Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992] or the M3 Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 and which became due from the debtor in the 12 months next before the relevant date.]

Textual Amendments

F26Sch. 6 para. 6 ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(c), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

F27Words in Sch. 6 para. 6 substituted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para.73

Marginal Citations

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[F28All sums which on the relevant date have been assessed on and are due from the debtor on account of Class 4 contributions under either of those Acts of 1975, being sums which—

(a)are due to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (rather than to the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland department), and

(b)are assessed on the debtor up to 5th April next before the relevant date,

but not exceeding, in the whole, any one year’s assessment.]

Textual Amendments

F28Sch. 6 para. 7 ceased to have effect (15.9.2003) and repealed (prosp.) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 251(1)(c), 278, 279, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

Category 4: Contributions to occupational pension schemes, etc.E+W+S

8E+W+SAny sum which is owed by the debtor and is a sum to which [F29Schedule 4 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993]applies (contributions to occupational pension schemes and state scheme premiums).

Textual Amendments

F29Words in Sch. 6 para. 8 substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para.18 (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

Category 5: Remuneration, etc., of employeesE+W+S

9E+W+SSo much of any amount which—

(a)is owed by the debtor to a person who is or has been an employee of the debtor, and

(b)is payable by way of remuneration in respect of the whole or any part of the period of 4 months next before the relevant date,

as does not exceed so much as may be prescribed by order made by the Secretary of State.

10E+W+SAn amount owed by way of accrued holiday remuneration, in respect of any period of employment before the relevant date, to a person whose employment by the debtor has been terminated, whether before, on or after that date.

11E+W+SSo much of any sum owed in respect of money advanced for the purpose as has been applied for the payment of a debt which, if it had not been paid, would have been a debt falling within paragraph 9 or 10.

12E+W+SSo much of any amount which—

(a)is ordered (whether before or after the relevant date) to be paid by the debtor under the M4Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985, and

(b)is so ordered in respect of a default made by the debtor before that date in the discharge of his obligations under that Act,

as does not exceed such amount as may be prescribed by order made by the Secretary of State.

Marginal Citations

Interpertation for Category 5E+W+S

13(1)For the purposes of paragraphs 9 to 12, a sum is payable by the debtor to a person by way of remuneration in respect of any period if—E+W+S

(a)it is paid as wages or salary (whether payable for time or for piece work or earned wholly or partly by way of commission) in respect of services rendered to the debtor in that period, or

(b)it is an amount falling within the following sub-paragraph and is payable by the debtor in respect of that period.

[F30(2)An amount falls within this sub-paragraph if it is—

(a)a guarantee payment under Part III of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (employee without work to do);

(b)any payment for time off under section 53 (time off to look for work or arrange training) or section 56 (time off for ante-natal care) of that Act or under section 169 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (time off for carrying out trade union duties etc.);

(c)remuneration on suspension on medical grounds, or on maternity grounds, under Part VII of the Employment Rights Act 1996; or

(d)remuneration under a protective award under section 189 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (redundancy dismissal with compensation).]

Textual Amendments

F30Sch. 6 para. 13(2) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 240, 243, Sch. 1 para. 29 (with ss. 191-195, 202)

14(1)This paragraph relates to a case in which a person’s employment has been terminated by or in consequence of his employer going into liquidation or being [F31adjudged] [F31made] bankrupt or (his employer being a company not in liquidation) by or in consequence of—E+W+S

(a)a receiver being appointed as mentioned in section 40 of this Act (debenture-holders secured by floating charge), or

(b)the appointment of a receiver under section 53(6) or 54(5) of this Act (Scottish company with property subject to floating charge), or

(c)the taking of possession by debenture-holders (so secured), as mentioned in [F32section 754 of the Companies Act 2006] .

(2)For the purposes of paragraphs 9 to 12, holiday remuneration is deemed to have accrued to that person in respect of any period of employment if, by virtue of his contract of employment or of any enactment that remuneration would have accrued in respect of that period if his employment had continued until he became entitled to be allowed the holiday.

(3)The reference in sub-paragraph (2) to any enactment includes an order or direction made under an enactment.

Textual Amendments

F31Word in Sch. 6 para. 14(1) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2016) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 19 para. 64; S.I. 2016/191, art. 2 (with art. 3)

15E+W+SWithout prejudice to paragraphs 13 and 14—

(a)any remuneration payable by the debtor to a person in respect of a period of holiday or of absence from work through sickness or other good cause is deemed to be wages or (as the case may be) salary in respect of services rendered to the debtor in that period F33...

F33(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F33Sch. 6 para. 15(b) and word omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(n), Sch. 6 para. 28

[F34Category 6: Levies on coal and steel productionE+W+S

Textual Amendments

F34Sch. 6 para. 15A inserted by S.I. 1987/2093, reg. 2(1)(3)

15AE+W+SAny sums due at the relevant date from the debtor in respect of—

(a)the levies on the production of coal and steel referred to in Articles 49 and 50 of the E.C.S.C. Treaty, or

(b)any surcharge for delay provided for in Article 50(3) of that Treaty and Article 6 of Decision 3/52 of the High Authority of the Coal and Steel Community.]

[F35Category 6A: Debts owed to the Financial Services Compensation SchemeE+W+S

Textual Amendments

F35Sch. 6 para. 15AA and cross-heading inserted (26.3.2015) by The Deposit Guarantee Scheme Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/486), regs. 1(2), 14(3)(a)

15AA.E+W+SAny debt owed by the debtor to the scheme manager of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme under section 215(2A) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.]

[F36Category 7: Deposits covered by Financial Services Compensation Scheme E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F36Sch. 6 paras. 15B, 15C and cross-headings inserted (31.12.2014) by Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), ss. 13(1), 148(5); S.I. 2014/3160, art. 2(1)(a)

15BE+W+SSo much of any amount owed at the relevant date by the debtor in respect of an eligible deposit as does not exceed the compensation that would be payable in respect of the deposit under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to the person or persons to whom the amount is owed.

[F37Category 8: Other depositsE+W+S

Textual Amendments

15BAE+W+SSo much of any amount owed at the relevant date by the debtor to one or more eligible persons in respect of an eligible deposit as exceeds any compensation that would be payable in respect of the deposit under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to that person or those persons.

15BBE+W+SAn amount owed at the relevant date by the debtor to one or more eligible persons in respect of a deposit that—

(a)was made through a [F38non-UK] branch of a credit institution authorised by the competent authority of [F39the United Kingdom], and

(b)would have been an eligible deposit if it had been made through [F40a UK] branch of that credit institution.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Interpretation for [F41categories 6A, 7 and 8.]E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F41Words in Sch. 6 para. 15C heading substituted (26.3.2015) by The Deposit Guarantee Scheme Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/486), regs. 1(2), 14(3)(b)

15C[F42(A1)In paragraph 15AA “the scheme manager” has the meaning given in section 212(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.]E+W+S

(1)In [F43paragraphs 15B to 15BB] “eligible deposit” means a deposit in respect of which the person, or any of the persons, to whom it is owed would be eligible for compensation under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

(2)For [F44the purposes of those paragraphs and this paragraph] a “deposit” means rights of the kind described in—

(a)paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (deposits), or

(b)section 1(2)(b) of the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 (balances transferred under that Act to authorised reclaim fund).]

[F45(3)In paragraphs 15BA and 15BB, “eligible person” means—

(a)an individual, or

[F46(b)any micro, small and medium-sized enterprise, as defined with regard to the annual turnover criterion referred to in Article 2(1) of the Annex to Commission recommendation 2003/361/EC.]

(4)In paragraph 15BB—

(a)“credit institution” has the meaning given in Article 4.1(1) of the capital requirements regulation;

[F47(b)“non-UK branch” means a branch, as defined in Article 4.1(17) of the capital requirements regulation, which is established outside the United Kingdom;

(c)“UK branch” means a branch, as so defined, which is established in the United Kingdom,]

and for this purpose “the capital requirements regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 [F48, as it [F49forms part of retained EU law]].]

Textual Amendments

F49Words in Sch. 6 para. 15C(4) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Securities Financing Transactions, Securitisation and Miscellaneous Amendments (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1385), regs. 1(4), 37

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

[F50Category 9: Certain HMRC debtsE+W+S

Textual Amendments

F50Sch. 6 para. 15D and cross-heading inserted (with application in accordance with s. 98(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 98(2)

15D(1)Any amount owed at the relevant date by the debtor to the Commissioners in respect of—E+W+S

(a)value added tax, or

(b)a relevant deduction.

(2)In sub-paragraph (1), the reference to “any amount” is subject to any regulations under section 99(1) of the Finance Act 2020.

(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) a deduction is “relevant” if—

(a)the debtor is required, by virtue of an enactment, to make the deduction from a payment made to another person and to pay an amount to the Commissioners on account of the deduction,

(b)the payment to the Commissioners is credited against any liabilities of the other person, and

(c)the deduction is of a kind specified in regulations under section 99(3) of the Finance Act 2020.

(4)In this paragraph “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.]

OrdersE+W+S

16E+W+SAn order under paragraph 9 or 12—

(a)may contain such transitional provisions as may appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient;

(b)shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.