37(1)Section 142 (liquidation committee (Scotland)) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsections (1) to (4) substitute—
“(1)This section applies where a winding up order has been made by the court in Scotland.
(2)If both the company’s creditors and the company’s contributories decide that a liquidation committee should be established, a liquidation committee is to be established in accordance with the rules.
(3)If only the company’s creditors, or only the company’s contributories, decide that a liquidation committee should be established, a liquidation committee is to be established in accordance with the rules unless the court orders otherwise.
(4)A liquidator appointed by the court other than under section 139(4)(a) must seek a decision from the company’s creditors and contributories as to whether a liquidation committee should be established if requested, in accordance with the rules, to do so by one-tenth in value of the company’s creditors.”
(3)In subsection (6), for the words from “In” to “has” substitute “A “liquidation committee” is a committee having the powers and duties conferred and imposed on it by this Act, and”.