Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 26A inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 9 para. 1 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 26A applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(4), Sch. 2A (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(c), 12)
C2Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
C3Pts. 26, 26A applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (15.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/205), regs. 2(2), 55-63 (with reg. 64)
(1)The provisions of this Part apply where conditions A and B are met in relation to a company.
(2)Condition A is that the company has encountered, or is likely to encounter, financial difficulties that are affecting, or will or may affect, its ability to carry on business as a going concern.
(3)Condition B is that—
(a)a compromise or arrangement is proposed between the company and—
(i)its creditors, or any class of them, or
(ii)its members, or any class of them, and
(b)the purpose of the compromise or arrangement is to eliminate, reduce or prevent, or mitigate the effect of, any of the financial difficulties mentioned in subsection (2).
(4)In this Part—
“arrangement” includes a reorganisation of the company’s share capital by the consolidation of shares of different classes or by the division of shares into shares of different classes, or by both of those methods;
“company”—
in section 901J (powers of court to facilitate reconstruction or amalgamation) means a company within the meaning of this Act, and
elsewhere in this Part means any company liable to be wound up under the Insolvency Act 1986 or the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)).
(5)The provisions of this Part have effect subject to Part 27 (mergers and divisions of public companies) where that Part applies (see sections 902 and 903).]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4Ss. 901A-901J applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 45A (as inserted (26.6.2020) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/643), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 3 (which amending S.I. is revoked (16.2.2021) by S.I. 2021/60, reg. 1(1), 2))
C5Ss. 901A-901J applied (with modifications) (16.2.2021) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 45A (as inserted by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/60), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 3 (with reg. 4(2)))