294 Power of creditors to requisition meeting.E+W
(1)Where in the case of any bankruptcy—
(a)the official receiver has not yet summoned, or has decided not to summon, a general meeting of the bankrupt’s creditors for the purpose of appointing the trustee,F1. . .
(b)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
any creditor of the bankrupt may request the official receiver to summon such a meeting for that purpose.
(2)If such a request appears to the official receiver to be made with the concurrence of not less than one-quarter, in value, of the bankrupt’s creditors (including the creditor making the request), it is the duty of the official receiver to summon the requested meeting.
(3)Accordingly, where the duty imposed by subsection (2) has arisen, the official receiver is required neither to reach a decision for the purposes of section 293(1) nor (if he has reached one) to serve any notice under section 293(2).
Textual Amendments
F1S. 294(1)(b) and preceding word repealed (1.4.2004) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 269, 278, 279, Sch. 23 para. 8, Sch. 26 (with s. 249(6)); S.I. 2003/2093, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-8 (as amended by S.I. 2003/2332, art. 2))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 294 applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/1999, art. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. II
C2S. 294 applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 8(3)(9), Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 12
C3S. 294 modified (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 11(2)(3), Sch. 7 para. 11