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Restructuring and dissolutionE+W

[F1159AApplication of rules about restructuring and dissolutionE+W

This group of sections does not apply to local authorities.]

Textual Amendments

[F3160Company [F2and limited liability partnership]: arrangements and reconstructionsE+W

(1)This section applies to a F4... registered provider which is a registered company [F5or a limited liability partnership].

(2)The registered provider must notify the regulator of any voluntary arrangement under Part 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

(3)The registered provider must notify the regulator of any order under section 899 of the Companies Act 2006 (court sanction for compromise or arrangement).

(4)An order under section 899 of Companies Act 2006 does not take effect until the registered provider has confirmed to the registrar of companies that the regulator has been notified.

(5)The registered provider must notify the regulator of any order under section 900 of the Companies Act 2006 (powers of court to facilitate reconstruction or amalgamation).

(6)The requirement in section 900(6) of the Companies Act 2006 (sending copy of order to registrar) is satisfied only if the copy is accompanied by confirmation that the regulator has been notified.

[F6(7)The registered provider must notify the regulator of any order under section 901F of the Companies Act 2006 (court sanction for compromise or arrangement).

(8)An order under section 901F of the Companies Act 2006 does not take effect until the registered provider has confirmed to the registrar of companies that the regulator has been notified.

(9)The registered provider must notify the regulator of any order under section 901J of the Companies Act 2006 (powers of court to facilitate reconstruction or amalgamation).

(10)The requirement in section 901J(6) of the Companies Act 2006 (sending copy of order to registrar) is satisfied only if the copy is accompanied by confirmation that the regulator has been notified.]]

Textual Amendments

[F7161Company: conversion into registered societyE+W

(1)This section applies to a F8... registered provider which is a registered company.

(2)The registered provider must notify the regulator of any resolution under section 115 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 for converting the registered provider into a registered society.

(3)The registrar of companies may register a resolution under that section only if the registered provider has confirmed to the registrar that the regulator has been notified.

F9(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

[F10161ACompany: receipt of transfer of engagements from registered societyE+W

(1)This section applies to a registered provider which is a registered company.

(2)The registered provider must notify the regulator if a registered society which is not a registered provider passes a resolution under section 112(1)(c) of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 transferring its engagements to the registered provider.

(3)The Financial Conduct Authority may register the resolution only if the registered society which passed it has confirmed to the Financial Conduct Authority that the regulator has been notified.]

Textual Amendments

F11162Company: winding upE+W

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Textual Amendments

[F12163Registered society: restructuringE+W

(1)This section applies to a F13... registered provider which is a registered society.

(2)The registered provider must notify the regulator of any resolution passed by the society for the purposes of the restructuring provisions listed in subsection (4).

(3)The Financial Conduct Authority may register the resolution only if the registered provider has confirmed to the Financial Conduct Authority that the regulator has been notified.

(4)The following provisions of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 are the restructuring provisions—

(a)section 109 (amalgamation of societies);

(b)section 110 (transfer of engagements between societies);

(c)section 112 (conversion of society into a company etc).

F14(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F14(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F14(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F14(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

[F15163ARestructuring of registered societies: registration of successor bodiesE+W

(1)This section applies where —

(a)a registered provider notifies the regulator of a resolution passed by the provider for the purposes of section 109 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (amalgamation of societies);

(b)a registered provider notifies the regulator of a resolution passed by the provider for the purposes of section 112(1)(b) of that Act (amalgamation of society and company);

(c)a registered provider notifies the regulator of a resolution passed by the provider for the purposes of section 110 of that Act (transfer of engagements between societies) and the society to which engagements are transferred is not a registered provider;

(d)a registered provider notifies the regulator of a resolution passed by the provider for the purposes of section 112(1)(c) of that Act (transfer of engagements between society and company) and the company to which engagements are transferred is not a registered provider.

(2)When the resolution mentioned in subsection (1) (“the relevant resolution”) takes effect, the regulator must decide whether the successor body is eligible for registration under section 112.

(3)“The successor body” means—

(a)if the relevant resolution is a resolution described in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1), the body created by virtue of that resolution or by virtue of that resolution and other resolutions described in that paragraph, and

(b)if the relevant resolution is a resolution described in paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (1), the body to which engagements are transferred by virtue of the resolution.

(4)If the successor body is eligible for registration, the regulator must register it and notify it that it has done so.

(5)If the successor body is not eligible for registration, the regulator must notify it of that fact.

(6)Pending registration, or notification that it is not eligible for registration, the successor body is to be treated as if it were registered and designated as a non-profit organisation.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

[F16163BRegistered society: receipt of transfer of engagements from another registered societyE+W

(1)This section applies to a registered provider which is a registered society.

(2)The registered provider must notify the regulator if a registered society which is not a registered provider passes a resolution under section 110(1) of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 transferring its engagements to the registered provider.

(3)The Financial Conduct Authority may register the resolution only if the registered society which passed it has confirmed to the Financial Conduct Authority that the regulator has been notified.]

Textual Amendments

F17164Registered society: winding upE+W

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Textual Amendments

165[F18Registered society]: dissolutionE+W

(1)This section applies to a F19... registered provider which is—

(a)[F20a registered society], and

(b)to be dissolved by instrument of dissolution in accordance with [F21section 119 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.]

[F22(2)The registered provider must notify the regulator.

(3)The Financial Conduct Authority may register the instrument under section 121 of that Act, or cause notice of the dissolution to be advertised under section 122 of that Act, only if the registered provider has confirmed to the Financial Conduct Authority that the regulator has been notified.]

Textual Amendments

F22S. 165(2)(3) substituted for s. 165(2) (6.4.2017) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 4 para. 27; S.I. 2017/75, reg. 4

Commencement Information

I1S. 165 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)

F23166Winding up petition by regulatorE+W

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Textual Amendments

167Transfer of propertyE+W

(1)This section applies—

(a)where a non-profit registered provider which is [F20a registered society] is dissolved in accordance with [F24section 119 or 123 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014], and

(b)where a non-profit registered provider which is a registered company is wound up under the Insolvency Act 1986.

(2)Any surplus property that is available after satisfying the registered provider's liabilities shall be transferred—

(a)to the regulator, or

(b)if the regulator directs, to a specified non-profit registered provider.

(3)If land belonging to the registered provider needs to be sold to satisfy its liabilities, the regulator may discharge those liabilities so as to ensure that the land is instead transferred in accordance with subsection (2).

(4)Where the registered provider dissolved or wound up is a charity, a registered provider may be specified under subsection (2)(b) only if it is a charity whose objects the regulator thinks are similar to those of the original charity.

(5)This section has effect despite anything in—

F25(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)the Insolvency Act 1986,

(c)the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46),

[F26(ca)the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014,] or

(d)the constitution of a registered provider.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I2S. 167 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)

168Section 167: supplementalE+W

(1)This section applies to property transferred to the regulator in accordance with section 167(2)(a).

(2)The regulator may dispose of the property only to a non-profit registered provider.

(3)Where the registered provider wound up or dissolved was a charity, the regulator may dispose of the property only to a registered provider—

(a)which is a charity, and

(b)whose objects the regulator thinks are similar to those of the original charity.

(4)If the property includes land subject to a mortgage or charge, the regulator may dispose of the land—

(a)subject to that mortgage or charge, or

(b)subject to a new mortgage or charge in favour of the regulator.

Commencement Information

I3S. 168 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)

169Extension of sections 167 and 168E+W

The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for sections 167 and 168 to apply in relation to a registered provider which is a charity but not a registered company—

(a)in specified circumstances, and

(b)with specified modifications.

Commencement Information

I4S. 169 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)

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