46 Information to be given by administrative receiver.E+W+S
(1)Where an administrative receiver is appointed, he shall—
(a)forthwith send to the company and publish in the prescribed manner a notice of his appointment, and
(b)within 28 days after his appointment, unless the court otherwise directs, send such a notice to all the creditors of the company (so far as he is aware of their addresses).
(2)This section and the next do not apply in relation to the appointment of an administrative receiver to act—
(a)with an existing administrative receiver, or
(b)in place of an administrative receiver dying or ceasing to act,
except that, where they apply to an administrative receiver who dies or ceases to act before they have been fully complied with, the references in this section and the next to the administrative receiver include (subject to the next subsection) his successor and any continuing administrative receiver.
(3)If the company is being wound up, this section and the next apply notwithstanding that the administrative receiver and the liquidator are the same person, but with any necessary modifications arising from that fact.
(4)If the administrative receiver without reasonable excuse fails to comply with this section, he is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.