The Insolvency (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2009

Transitional provisions

2.—(1) The amendments to the Insolvency Rules 1986(1) made by these Rules apply as follows.

(2) They apply where, in a company voluntary arrangement, a moratorium comes into force in relation to a company on or after 1st October 2009.

(3) They apply where a company enters administration on or after 1st October 2009, except where—

(a) it enters administration by virtue of an administration order under paragraph 10 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act on an application made before 1st October 2009;

(b) the administration is immediately preceded by a voluntary liquidation in respect of which the resolution to wind up was passed before 1st October 2009, or

(c) the administration is immediately preceded by a liquidation on the making of a winding-up order on a petition which was presented before 1st October 2009.

(4) They apply where, in a receivership, a receiver or manager is appointed in respect of a company on or after 1st October 2009.

(5) They apply where a company goes into liquidation upon the passing on or after 1st October 2009 of a resolution to wind up.

(6) They apply where a company goes into voluntary liquidation under paragraph 83 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act, except where the preceding administration—

(a) commenced before 1st October 2009, or

(b) is an administration which commenced by virtue of an administration order under paragraph 10 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act on an application which was made before 1st October 2009.

(7) They apply where a company goes into liquidation on the making of a winding-up order on a petition presented on or after 1st October 2009, except where the liquidation is immediately preceded by—

(a) an administration under paragraph 10 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act where the administration order was made on an application made before 1st October 2009;

(b) an administration in respect of which the appointment of an administrator under paragraph 14 or 22 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act took effect before 1st October 2009, or

(c) a voluntary liquidation in respect of which the resolution to wind up was passed before 1st October 2009.

(8) In this Rule, “the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986.

(1)

S.I. 1986/1925; amending instruments are S.I.1987/1919, 1989/397, 1991/495, 1993/602, 1995/586, 1999/359, 1999/1022, 2001/763, 2002/1307, 2002/2712, 2003/1730, 2004/584, 2004/1070, 2005/527, 2006/1272, 2007/1974, 2008/737 and 2009/642.