SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Winding-up petitions: Northern Ireland

PART 1Prohibition of petitions on basis of statutory demands

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1

No petition for the winding up of a registered company may be presented under Article 104 of the 1989 Order on or after 27 April 2020 on the ground specified in sub-paragraph (a) of Article 103(1) of that Order, where the demand referred to in that sub-paragraph was served during the relevant period.

2

No petition for the winding up of an unregistered company may be presented under Article 104 of the 1989 Order on the ground set out in Article 186 of that Order, where the demand referred to in Article 186 was served during the relevant period.

3

In this Part of this Schedule, the “relevant period” is the period which—

a

begins with 1 March 2020, and

b

ends with 30 September 2020.

4

This paragraph is to be regarded as having come into force on 27 April 2020.