18.1.—(1) This Part applies to administration, winding up and bankruptcy.
(2) However this Part does not apply to the official receiver as office-holder or in respect of any period for which the official receiver is the office-holder.
(3) In particular an office-holder other than the official receiver is not required to make any report in respect of a period during which the official receiver was office-holder.
(4) In this Part “committee” means either or both of a creditors' committee and a liquidation committee as the context requires.