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Application of insolvency rules

11.—(1) Part 1 (company voluntary arrangements) and, so far as applicable to voluntary arrangements, Parts 7 to 13 (the third group of Parts) of the Insolvency Rules 1986(1) apply where—

(a)it is intended to make, and there is made, a proposal to a relevant society and its creditors for a voluntary arrangement within the meaning given in section 1 of the 1986 Act(2) (as applied in relation to a relevant society); and

(b)the courts in England and Wales have jurisdiction to wind up the society.

(2) Part 1 (company voluntary arrangements) and, so far as applicable to voluntary arrangements, Part 7 (provisions of general application) of the Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986(3) apply where—

(a)it is intended to make, and there is made, a proposal to a relevant society and its creditors for a voluntary arrangement within the meaning given in section 1 of the 1986 Act (as applied in relation to a relevant society); and

(b)a sheriff court in Scotland has jurisdiction to wind up the society.

(3) Part 2 (administration procedure) and, so far as applicable to administration procedure, Parts 7 to 13 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 apply in relation to the appointment of an administrator of a relevant society which the courts in England and Wales have jurisdiction to wind up.

(4) Part 2 (administration procedure) and, so far as applicable to administration procedure, Part 7 of the Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986 apply in relation to the appointment of an administrator of a relevant society which a sheriff court in Scotland has jurisdiction to wind up.

(5) Schedule 4 (which makes further provision about the application in relation to a relevant society of the Insolvency Rules 1986 and the Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986) has effect.

(1)

S.I. 1986/1925 as amended by S.I. 1987/1919; 1989/397; 2003/1730; s004/584; 2005/527; 2006/1272; 2009/642 and 2010/686. There are other amendments not relevant to this Order.

(2)

Section 1 was amended by the Insolvency Act 2000, Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 2, and by the Enterprise Act 2002, Schedule 17, paragraphs 9 and 10. There are other amendments not relevant to this Order.

(3)

S.I. 1986/1915 as amended by S.I. 1987/1921; 2002/2709; 2003/2111; 2006/734; 2008/662; 2009/662; 2009/2375; and 2010/688. There are other amendments not relevant to this Order.