Part X Dissolution, Winding Up, Mergers and Transfer of Business

Dissolution and winding up

90EF1Disqualification of directors

1

In this section “the Disqualification Act” means the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

2

In the Disqualification Act

a

a reference to liquidation includes a reference to building society insolvency and a reference to building society special administration,

b

a reference to winding up includes a reference to making or being subject to a building society insolvency order and a reference to making or being subject to a building society special administration order,

c

a reference to becoming insolvent includes a reference to becoming subject to a building society insolvency order and a reference to becoming subject to a building society special administration order, and

d

a reference to a liquidator includes a reference to a building society liquidator and a reference to a building society special administrator.

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For the purposes of the application of section 7A of the Disqualification Act (office-holder’s report on conduct of directors) to a building society which is subject to a building society insolvency order—

a

the “office-holder” is the building society liquidator,

b

the “insolvency date” means the date on which the building society insolvency order is made, and

c

subsections (9) to (11) are omitted.

4

For the purposes of the application of that section to a building society which is subject to a building society special administration order—

a

the “office-holder” is the building society special administrator,

b

the “insolvency date” means the date on which the building society special administration order is made, and

c

subsections (9) to (11) are omitted.

5

In the application of this section to Northern Ireland, references to the Disqualification Act are to the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 and F3in subsections (3) and (4)—

a

the reference to section 7A of the Disqualification Act is a reference to Article 10A of that Order (office-holder’s report on conduct of directors), and

b

the reference to subsections (9) to (11) of that section is a reference to paragraphs (9) to (11) of that Article.