C1C2C7C3C6C9C8 Part III Receivership

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pts. I-VII (ss. 1-251) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1989/1276, arts. 2, 3

Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (4.4.2006) by The Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1030), reg. 3

C2

Pt. III (ss. 28-72) extended by S.I. 1989/638, regs. 19(1), 21

C7

First 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

C3

Pt. III: power to apply or incorporate conferred (6.4.2001) by 2000 c. 12, s. 14; S.I. 2000/3316, art. 2

C6

Pts. 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))

C8

Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) by Building Societies Act 1986 (1986 c. 53), Sch. 15A Pt. 2 (as amended (28.6.2016) by S.I. 2016/679, art. 1(1)(4), 4(2)(3); and (13.3.2018) by S.I. 2018/208, regs. 1(3), 2(3))

Chapter II Receivers (Scotland)

53 Mode of appointment by holder of charge.

C10C41

The appointment of a receiver by the holder of the floating charge under section 51(1) shall be by means of F1an instrument subscribed in accordance with the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 (“the instrument of appointment”), a copy (certified in the prescribed manner to be a correct copy) whereof shall be delivered by or on behalf of the person making the appointment to the registrar of companies for registration within 7 days of its execution and shall be accompanied by a notice in the prescribed form.

C42

If any person without reasonable excuse makes default in complying with the requirements of subsection (1), he is liable to a fine F2and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.

F33

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C4F44

If the receiver is to be appointed by the holders of a series of secured debentures, the instrument of appointment may be executed on behalf of the holders of the floating charge by any person authorised by resolution of the debenture-holders to execute the instrument.

5

On receipt of the certified copy of the instrument of appointment in accordance with subsection (1), the registrar shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, enter the particulars of the appointment in the F5register.

C5C46

The appointment of a person as a receiver by an instrument of appointment in accordance with subsection (1)—

a

is of no effect unless it is accepted by that person before the end of the business day next following that on which the instrument of appointment is received by him or on his behalf, and

b

subject to paragraph (a), is deemed to be made on the day on and at the time at which the instrument of appointment is so received, as evidenced by a written docquet by that person or on his behalf;

and this subsection applies to the appointment of joint receivers subject to such modifications as may be prescribed.

C47

On the appointment of a receiver under this section, the floating charge by virtue of which he was appointed attaches to the property then subject to the charge; and such attachment has effect as if the charge was a fixed security over the property to which it has attached.