896Court order for holding of meetingU.K.
(1)The court may, on an application under this section, order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, or of the members of the company or class of members (as the case may be), to be summoned in such manner as the court directs.
(2)An application under this section may be made by—
(a)the company,
(b)any creditor or member of the company,
[F1(c)if the company is being wound up, the liquidator, or
(d)if the company is in administration, the administrator.]
[F2(3)Section 323 (representation of corporations at meetings) applies to a meeting of creditors under this section as to a meeting of the company (references to a member of the company being read as references to a creditor).]
[F3(4)This section is subject to section 899A (moratorium debts, etc).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 896(2)(c)(d) substituted (6.4.2008) for s. 896(2)(c) and preceding word by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 249(2) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)
F2S. 896(3) added (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 249(3) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)
F3S. 896(4) inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 9 para. 35(3) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 895-900 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 45 (as amended: (26.6.2020) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/643), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 2(3)(a)(b)(c) (which amending S.I. is revoked (16.2.2021) by S.I. 2021/60, reg. 1(1), 2); and (16.2.2021) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/60), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 2(2)(3) (with reg. 4(2))))
C2S. 896 restricted (24.3.2022) by Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 (c. 12), ss. 25(2)(c), 31(4) (with s. 30)