Valid from 15/09/2003
108(1)A period specified in paragraph 49(5), 50(1)(b) or 51(2) may be varied in respect of a company by the administrator with consent.E+W+S
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) “consent” means consent of—
(a)each secured creditor of the company, and
(b)if the company has unsecured debts, creditors whose debts amount to more than 50% of the company’s unsecured debts, disregarding debts of any creditor who does not respond to an invitation to give or withhold consent.
(3)But where the administrator has made a statement under paragraph 52(1)(b) “consent” means—
(a)consent of each secured creditor of the company, or
(b)if the administrator thinks that a distribution may be made to preferential creditors, consent of—
(i)each secured creditor of the company, and
(ii)preferential creditors whose debts amount to more than 50% of the total preferential debts of the company, disregarding debts of any creditor who does not respond to an invitation to give or withhold consent.
(4)Consent for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) may be—
(a)written, or
(b)signified at a creditors’ meeting.
(5)The power to extend under sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)may be exercised in respect of a period only once,
(b)may not be used to extend a period by more than 28 days,
(c)may not be used to extend a period which has been extended by the court, and
(d)may not be used to extend a period after expiry.]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4Sch. B1 paras. 107-109 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 (as amended (13.3.2018) by The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/208), regs. 1(3), 5(5)