Disqualification of directors23.

(1)

In the Disqualification Act—

(a)

a reference to liquidation includes a reference to special administration;

(b)

a reference to the winding up of a company includes a reference to an investment bank being subject to a special administration order;

(c)

a reference to becoming insolvent includes a reference to becoming subject to a special administration order; and

(d)

a reference to a liquidator includes a reference to an administrator.

(2)

Section 6(2) is not applied.

F1(3)

For the purposes of the application of section 7A of the Disqualification Act (office-holder’s report on conduct of directors) to an investment bank which is in special administration—

(a)

the “office-holder” is the administrator;

(b)

the “insolvency date” means the date on which the special administration order is made; and

(c)

subsections (9) to (11) are omitted.

(4)

In section 21 of the Disqualification Act M1 (interaction with the Insolvency Act), the references to the provisions of the Insolvency Act include those provisions as applied by these Regulations.