Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)

[F1 Part A1 U.K. Moratorium

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. A1 inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), ss. 1(1), 49(1) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. A1 excluded by S.I. 2012/3013, Sch. 1 para. 1(2A) (as inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 3 para. 49(4) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2)))

C2 Pt. A1 power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2011 c. 25, s. 247A (as inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 3 para. 45 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2)))

C3 Pt. A1 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(A1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2), Pt. 1A (as inserted (18.7.2020) by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions (Arrangements, Reconstructions and Administration) (Amendment) and Consequential Amendments Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/744), arts. 1, 7(b), 11(b)(c))

C4 Pt. A1 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (3.9.2020) by The Insolvency (Moratorium) (Special Administration for Energy Licensees) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/943), regs. 1(2), 2-10

Chapter 3 U.K. Length of moratorium

Extension of moratorium U.K.

A14 Extension while proposal for CVA pending U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) applies where—

(a) at any time, the directors make a proposal under Part 1 (company voluntary arrangements), and

(b) apart from that subsection, the moratorium would end at a time before the proposal is disposed of.

(2) The moratorium—

(a) does not end at the time mentioned in subsection (1)(b), and

(b) instead, ends when the proposal is disposed of.

(3) For the purposes of this section a proposal under Part 1 is “disposed of” when any of the following takes place—

(a) the company and its creditors both decide under section 4 not to approve the voluntary arrangement contained in the proposal;

(b) the decisions taken by the company and its creditors under section 4 differ, and—

(i) the period for making an application under section 4A(3) expires and either no application has been made within that period or any application made within that period has been withdrawn, or

(ii) an application is made under section 4A(3) and that application is disposed of, or it is withdrawn after the expiry of the period for making an application under section 4A(3);

(c) the voluntary arrangement contained in the proposal takes effect under section 5;

(d) the proposal is withdrawn.]