PART 5U.K.Exceptions and licences

[F1Director disqualification licencesU.K.

20A.  The Secretary of State may issue a licence in relation to any person who is designated under regulation 5 for the purposes of regulation 16A (director disqualification sanctions) providing that the prohibitions in—

(a)section 11A(1) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, and

(b)Article 15A(1) of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002,

do not apply to anything done under the authority of that licence.]