86.—(1) A member of the creditors’ committee may, in relation to the business of the committee, be represented by another person duly authorised by the member for that purpose.
(2) A person acting as a committee member’s representative must hold a mandate entitling that person so to act (either generally or specially) and authenticated by or on behalf of the committee member, and for this purpose any proxy in relation to any meeting of creditors, clients or creditors and clients of the investment bank shall, unless it contains a statement to the contrary, be treated as such a mandate to act generally authenticated by or on behalf of the committee member.
(3) The chair at any meeting of the committee may call on a person claiming to act as a committee member’s representative to produce a mandate and may exclude that person if it appears that the mandate is deficient.
(4) No member may be represented by—
(a)another member of the committee;
(b)a person who is at the same time representing another committee member;
(c)a body corporate;
(d)a partnership;
(e)a person whose estate is currently sequestrated;
(f)an undischarged bankrupt;
(g)a person who is subject to a bankruptcy restrictions order, bankruptcy restrictions undertaking or interim bankruptcy restrictions order; or
(h)a disqualified director.
(5) Where a member’s representative authenticates any document on the member’s behalf, the fact that the representative so authenticates must be stated below the representative’s signature.