Part VIE+W+S Miscellaneous Provisions Applying to Companies Which are Insolvent or in Liquidation

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3Pt. 6 (ss. 230–246) modified by Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46, SIF 27), ss. 21(2), 25

Pt. 6 (ss. 230-246) applied (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 6(3)(b)

Pt. 6 (ss. 230-246) applied (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 10(2)(3)(6), Sch. 4 Pt. II

Pt. 6 (ss. 230-246) applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 8(4)(5)(8)(9)

Pt. 6 (ss. 230-246) applied (with modifications) (1.12.1997) by 1986 c. 53, Sch. 15A para. 1(1)(2)(a) (as inserted by 1997 c. 32, s. 39(2), Sch. 6); S.I. 1997/2668, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I(i); and 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), 2(3); and (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 3 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), 14(4)))

Pt. 6 (ss. 230-246) amended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)

C4Pts. 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 (as amended (4.3.2004) by S.I. 2004/355, art. 10 and (1.10.2005) by S.I. 2005/1989, reg. 3, Sch. 2 (with reg. 4))

C5First Group of Parts (Pts. 1-7) applied (with modifications) (15.12.2006) by The Banks (Former Authorised Institutions) (Insolvency) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3107), art. 3, Sch. (as amended (1.4.2013) by S.I. 2013/472, art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 117; and (13.3.2018) by S.I. 2018/208, regs. 1(3), 11)

[F1Decisions by creditors and contributoriesE+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 246ZE-246ZG and cross-heading inserted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2017 for E.W. in so far as not already in force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), ss. 122(2), 164(1); S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(d); S.I. 2016/1020, reg. 4(a) (with reg. 5) (as amended by S.I. 2017/363, reg. 3)

246ZFDeemed consent procedureE+W+S

(1)The deemed consent procedure may be used instead of a qualifying decision procedure where a company's creditors or contributories are to make a decision about any matter, unless—

(a)a decision about the matter is required by virtue of this Act, the rules, or any other legislation to be made by a qualifying decision procedure, or

(b)the court orders that a decision about the matter is to be made by a qualifying decision procedure.

(2)If the rules provide for a company's creditors or contributories to make a decision about the remuneration of any person, they must provide that the decision is to be made by a qualifying decision procedure.

(3)The deemed consent procedure is that the relevant creditors (other than opted-out creditors) or (as the case may be) the relevant contributories are given notice of—

(a)the matter about which they are to make a decision,

(b)the decision that the person giving the notice proposes should be made (the “proposed decision”),

(c)the effect of subsections (4) and (5), and

(d)the procedure for objecting to the proposed decision.

(4)If less than the appropriate number of relevant creditors or (as the case may be) relevant contributories object to the proposed decision in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the creditors or (as the case may be) the contributories are to be treated as having made the proposed decision.

(5)Otherwise—

(a)the creditors or (as the case may be) the contributories are to be treated as not having made a decision about the matter in question, and

(b)if a decision about that matter is again sought from the creditors or (as the case may be) the contributories, it must be sought using a qualifying decision procedure.

(6)For the purposes of subsection (4) the “appropriate number” of relevant creditors or relevant contributories is 10% in value of those creditors or contributories.

(7)Relevant creditors” means the creditors who, if the decision were to be made by a qualifying decision procedure, would be entitled to vote in the procedure.

(8)Relevant contributories” means the contributories who, if the decision were to be made by a qualifying decision procedure, would be entitled to vote in the procedure.

(9)In this section references to creditors include creditors of a particular class.

(10)The rules may make further provision about the deemed consent procedure.]