F1Part IIE+W+S Administration Orders

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. II (s. 8) substituted (15.9.2003) for Pt. II (ss. 8-27) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 248(1), 279 (with s. 249(1)-(3)(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. I (ss. 1-7), Pt. II (ss. 8-27) modified by Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46, SIF 27), ss. 21(2), 25

Pt. II (ss. 8-27) modified (15.7.2003) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 223(5)(6), 224(5), 425(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2003/1920, art. 2(b)

C2Pts. I-VII (ss. 1-251) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1989/1276, arts. 2, 3 (as amended (3.7.2002) by S.I. 2002/1555, art. 34)

Pt. II (ss. 8-27) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1989/1276, arts. 2, 3 (as amended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 398)

Pt. II (ss. 8-27) applied (with modifications) (1.12.1997) by 1986 c. 53, Sch. 15A (as inserted by 1997 c. 32, s. 39(2), Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(a); S.I. 1997/2668, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I(i)

Pt. II (ss. 8-27) applied (with modifications) (31.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/1242, art. 3, Sch.

C3Pts. 1-4, 6, 7 applied to limited liability partnerships (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1090, reg. 5, Schs. 3, 4

C4Pt. II (ss. 8-27) restricted (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 24(b) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)-(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)

Pt. II (ss. 8-27) restricted (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 43, ss. 62(5), 150(1)(c); S.I. 1994/571, art. 5 (with transitional provision in art. 7)

C5Pt. II (ss. 8-27) power to apply or incorporate conferred (6.4.2001) by 2000 c. 12, s. 14; S.I. 2000/3316, art. 2

Pt. II (ss. 8-27) power to apply (with modifications) conferred (20.7.2001) by 2000 c. 8, s. 360; S.I. 2001/2632, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I

Administrator’s proposalsE+W+S

24 Consideration of proposals by creditors’ meeting.E+W+S

(1)A meeting of creditors summoned under section 23 shall decide whether to approve the administrator’s proposals.

(2)The meeting may approve the proposals with modifications, but shall not do so unless the administrator consents to each modification.

(3)Subject as above, the meeting shall be conducted in accordance with the rules.

(4)After the conclusion of the meeting in accordance with the rules, the administrator shall report the result of the meeting to the court and shall give notice of that result to the registrar of companies and to such persons as may be prescribed.

(5)If a report is given to the court under subsection (4) that the meeting has declined to approve the administrator’s proposals (with or without modifications), the court may by order discharge the administration order and make such consequential provision as it thinks fit, or adjourn the hearing conditionally or unconditionally, or make an interim order or any other order that it thinks fit.

(6)Where the administration order is discharged, the administrator shall, within 14 days after the making of the order effecting the discharge, send an office copy of that order to the registrar of companies.

(7)If the administrator without reasonable excuse fails to comply with subsection (6), he is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)