Disqualification of company directors etc.

I15 Disqualification orders.

1

In section 1 of the M1Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (disqualification orders: general), in subsection (1), for the words following “an order that” there is substituted

for a period specified in the order—

a

he shall not be a director of a company, act as receiver of a company’s property or in any way, whether directly or indirectly, be concerned or take part in the promotion, formation or management of a company unless (in each case) he has the leave of the court, and

b

he shall not act as an insolvency practitioner.

2

At the end of subsection (2) of that section there is inserted “ and, unless the court otherwise orders, the period of disqualification so imposed shall begin at the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date of the order ”.

3

In section 22 of that Act (interpretation), at the end there is inserted—

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Any reference to acting as receiver—

a

includes acting as manager or as both receiver and manager, but

b

does not include acting as administrative receiver;

and “receivership” is to be read accordingly.