Introductory Text
Preliminary
1.Disqualification orders: general
Disqualification for general misconduct in connection with companies
2.Disqualification on conviction of indictable offence
3.Disqualification for persistent breaches of companies legislation
4.Disqualification for fraud, etc., in winding up
5.Disqualification on summary conviction
Disqualification for unfitness
6.Duty of court to disqualify unfit directors of insolvent companies
7.Applications to court under s. 6; reporting provisions
8.Disqualification after investigation of company
9.Matters for determining unfitness of directors
Other cases of disqualification
10.Participation in wrongful trading
11.Undischarged bankrupts
12.Failure to pay under county court administration order
Consequences of contravention
13.Criminal penalties
14.Offences by body corporate
15.Personal liability for company's debts where person acts while disqualified
Supplementary provisions
16.Application for disqualification order
17.Application for leave under an order
18.Register of disqualification orders
19.Special savings from repealed enactments
Miscellaneous and general
20.Admissibility in evidence of statements
21.Interaction with Insolvency Act
22.Interpretation
23.Transitional provisions, savings, repeals
24.Extent
25.Commencement
26.Citation
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Matters for Determining Unfitness of Directors
PART I Matters Applicable in All Cases
1.Any misfeasance or breach of any fiduciary or other duty...
2.Any misapplication or retention by the director of, or any...
3.The extent of the director's responsibility for the company entering...
4.The extent of the director's responsibility for any failure by...
5.The extent of the director's responsibility for any failure by...
PART II Matters Applicable where Company has become Insolvent
6.The extent of the director's responsibility for the causes of...
7.The extent of the director's responsibility for any failure by...
8.The extent of the director's responsibility for the company entering...
9.The extent of the director's responsibility for any failure by...
10.Any failure by the director to comply with any obligation...
SCHEDULE 2
Savings from Companies Act 1981 ss.93, 94, and Insolvency Act 1985 Schedule 9
1.Sections 2 and 4(1)(b) do not apply in relation to...
2.Subject to paragraph 1— (a) section 2 applies in a...
3.Subject to paragraph 1, section 4 applies in relation to...
4.The powers of a court under section 5 are not...
5.For purposes of section 3(1) and section 5, no account...
6.An order made under section 28 of the Companies Act...
7.Where— (a) an application is made for a disqualification order...
8.An application shall not be made under section 8 of...
SCHEDULE 3
Transitional Provisions and Savings
1.In this Schedule, " the former enactments " means so...
2.So far as anything done or treated as done under...
3.Where any period of time specified in a provision of...
4.Where in any provision of this Act there is a...
5.Offences committed before the appointed day under any provision of...
6.A reference in any enactment, instrument or document (whether express...
SCHEDULE 4
Repeals