The Relevant Licensee Nuclear Company Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2023

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introduction

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

   2. 2. Application

   3. 3. Interpretation

   4. 4. Interpretation: “debt”; “liability”

3. PART 2 Application for an RLNC administration order

   1. 5. Form of application

   2. 6. Proposed nuclear administrator’s statement and consent to act

   3. 7. Witness statement in support of application

   4. 8. Filing of application

   5. 9. Service of application

   6. 10. Notice to officers charged with distress or other legal process

   7. 11. The hearing

   8. 12. Notice of relevant licensee nuclear company administration order

4. PART 3 Process of relevant licensee nuclear company administration

   1. 13. Notification and advertisement of nuclear administrator’s appointment

   2. 14. Notice requiring statement of affairs

   3. 15. Statement of affairs: content

   4. 16. Statement of concurrence

   5. 17. Statement of affairs: filing, etc.

   6. 18. Statement of affairs: limited disclosure

   7. 19. Release from duty to submit statement of affairs; extension of time

   8. 20. Expenses of statement of affairs and statement of concurrence

   9. 21. Nuclear administrator’s proposals

   10. 22. Statement of pre-relevant-licensee-nuclear-company-administration costs

   11. 23. Ancillary provisions about delivery of nuclear administrator’s proposals

   12. 24. Limited disclosure: nuclear administrator’s proposals

   13. 25. Revision of the nuclear administrator’s proposals

   14. 26. Reports

5. PART 4 Creditors’ decisions and company meetings

   1. CHAPTER 1 Creditors’ decisions

      1. 27. Application

      2. 28. Creditors’ decisions

      3. 29. Creditors’ decisions for the nomination of an alternative liquidator

      4. 30. Decision making

   2. CHAPTER 2 Company Meetings

      1. 31. Application

      2. 32. Venue and conduct of company meeting

      3. 33. Proxies and representatives

      4. 34. Remote attendance at meetings: request to specify a place

      5. 35. Action where person excluded

      6. 36. Indication to excluded person

      7. 37. Complaint by or in relation to excluded persons, etc.

      8. 38. Notice of meetings by advertisement only

      9. 39. Non-receipt of notice of meeting

6. PART 5 Disposal of Charged Property

   1. 40. Authority to dispose of property

7. PART 6 Expenses of the Relevant Licensee Nuclear Company Administration

   1. 41. Expenses

   2. 42. Priority of expenses of relevant licensee nuclear company administration

   3. 43. Pre-relevant-licensee-nuclear-company-administration costs

8. PART 7 Claims by and Distributions to Creditors

   1. CHAPTER 1 Machinery of Proving a Debt

      1. 44. Proving a debt

      2. 45. Provable debts

      3. 46. Costs of proving

      4. 47. Nuclear administrator to allow inspection of proofs

      5. 48. Appointment of new nuclear administrator: proofs

      6. 49. Admission and rejection of proofs for dividend

      7. 50. Appeal against decision on proof

      8. 51. Withdrawal or variation of proof

      9. 52. Exclusion of proof by the court

   2. CHAPTER 2 Quantification of Claims

      1. 53. Estimate of value of debt

      2. 54. Discounts

      3. 55. Mutual credits and set off

      4. 56. Debt in foreign currency

      5. 57. Payments of a periodical nature

      6. 58. Interest

      7. 59. Debt payable at future time

      8. 60. Voluntary surrender of security

      9. 61. Value of security

      10. 62. Surrender for non-disclosure

      11. 63. Redemption by nuclear administrator

      12. 64. Test of security’s value

      13. 65. Realisation of security by creditor

   3. CHAPTER 3 Distributions

      1. 66. Distribution to creditors generally

      2. 67. Debts of insolvent relevant licensee nuclear company to rank equally

      3. 68. Supplementary provisions as to dividend

      4. 69. Notice of proposed distribution

      5. 70. Further contents of notice to creditors owed small debts, etc.

      6. 71. Sole or final dividend

      7. 72. Admission or rejection of proofs following last date for proving

      8. 73. Postponement or cancellation of dividend

      9. 74. Declaration of dividend

      10. 75. Notice of declaration of a dividend

      11. 76. Payments of dividends and related matters

      12. 77. Notice of no dividend, or no further dividend

      13. 78. Proof altered after payment of dividend

      14. 79. Secured creditors

      15. 80. Disqualification from dividend

      16. 81. Assignment of right to dividend

      17. 82. Adjustment where dividend paid before time

      18. 83. Division of unsold assets

9. PART 8 The Nuclear Administrator

   1. 84. Fixing of remuneration

   2. 85. Remuneration of new nuclear administrator

10. PART 9 Ending Relevant Licensee Nuclear Company Administration

    1. 86. Interpretation: final progress reports, etc.

    2. 87. Application to court

    3. 88. Notification by nuclear administrator of court order

    4. 89. Moving from relevant licensee nuclear company administration to creditors’ voluntary liquidation

    5. 90. Moving from relevant licensee nuclear company administration to dissolution

    6. 91. Provision of information to the Secretary of State

11. PART 10 Replacing the Nuclear Administrator

    1. 92. Grounds for resignation

    2. 93. Notice of intention to resign

    3. 94. Notice of resignation to court under the 1986 Act, Schedule B1, paragraph 87(2)

    4. 95. Application to court to remove nuclear administrator from office

    5. 96. Notice of vacation of office when nuclear administrator ceases to be qualified to act

    6. 97. Nuclear administrator deceased

    7. 98. Application to replace

    8. 99. Appointment of replacement or additional nuclear administrator

    9. 100. Nuclear administrator’s duties on vacating office

12. PART 11 Court Procedure and Practice

    1. CHAPTER 1 Applications

       1. 101. Preliminary

       2. 102. Contents of application

       3. 103. Application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act to disapply section 176A of the 1986 Act

       4. 104. Notice of order under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act

       5. 105. Filing and service of application

       6. 106. Hearings without notice

       7. 107. Hearing of application

       8. 108. Witness statements

       9. 109. Use of reports

       10. 110. Directions and adjournment

    2. CHAPTER 2 Enforcement Procedures

       1. 111. Enforcement of court orders

       2. 112. Orders enforcing compliance

       3. 113. Warrant under section 236 of the 1986 Act

    3. CHAPTER 3 The Court File

       1. 114. Court file

       2. 115. Office copies of documents

    4. CHAPTER 4 Costs and Detailed Assessment

       1. 116. Application and interpretation

       2. 117. Requirement to assess costs by the detailed procedure

       3. 118. Procedure where detailed assessment required

       4. 119. Costs paid otherwise than out of the assets of the relevant licensee nuclear company

       5. 120. Award of costs against nuclear administrator

       6. 121. Application for costs

       7. 122. Costs and expenses of witnesses

       8. 123. Final costs certificate

    5. CHAPTER 5 Persons who Lack Capacity to Manage their Affairs

       1. 124. Introduction

       2. 125. Appointment of another person to act

       3. 126. Witness statement in support of application

       4. 127. Service of notices following appointment

    6. CHAPTER 6 Appeals in Relevant Licensee Nuclear Company Administration Proceedings

       1. 128. Appeals and reviews

       2. 129. Procedure on appeal

    7. CHAPTER 7 General

       1. 130. Principal court rules and practice to apply

       2. 131. Performance of functions by the court

       3. 132. Rights of audience

       4. 133. Formal defects

       5. 134. Shorthand writers

       6. 135. Payment into court

       7. 136. Further information and disclosure

       8. 137. Court orders

13. PART 12 Examination of Persons in Relevant Licensee Nuclear Company Administration Proceedings

    1. 138. Application and interpretation

    2. 139. Contents of application

    3. 140. Order for examination, etc.

    4. 141. Procedure for examination

    5. 142. Record of examination

    6. 143. Cost of proceedings under section 236

14. PART 13 Provisions of General Effect

    1. CHAPTER 1 Delivery of Documents

       1. 144. Application

       2. 145. Personal delivery of documents

       3. 146. Delivery of documents by post (or document exchange)

       4. 147. Delivery of documents to authorised recipients

       5. 148. Delivery of documents to joint nuclear administrators

       6. 149. Electronic delivery of documents

       7. 150. Electronic delivery of documents to the court

       8. 151. Electronic delivery of notices to enforcement officers, etc.

       9. 152. Electronic delivery by nuclear administrators

       10. 153. Use of website by nuclear administrator to deliver a particular document

       11. 154. General use of website to deliver documents

       12. 155. Proof of delivery of documents

    2. CHAPTER 2 Form and Content of Documents

       1. 156. Requirement for writing and form of documents

       2. 157. Authentication

    3. CHAPTER 3 Service of Documents

       1. 158. Application

       2. 159. Service of relevant licensee nuclear company administration application

       3. 160. Service on joint nuclear administrators

       4. 161. Service of orders staying proceedings

       5. 162. Certificate of service

    4. CHAPTER 4 Gazette Notices

       1. 163. Contents of notices to be gazetted under the 1986 Act or these Rules

       2. 164. Omission of unobtainable information

       3. 165. The Gazette: general

    5. CHAPTER 5 Notices Advertised Otherwise than in the Gazette

       1. 166. Notices otherwise advertised under the 1986 Act or these Rules

       2. 167. Non-Gazette notices: other provisions

    6. CHAPTER 6 Documents Delivered to the Registrar of Companies

       1. 168. Application

       2. 169. Information to be contained in all documents delivered to the registrar

       3. 170. Documents relating to the office of nuclear administrators

       4. 171. Documents relating to other documents

       5. 172. Documents relating to court orders

       6. 173. Reports of meetings

       7. 174. Documents relating to other events

       8. 175. Documents of more than one type

       9. 176. Documents delivered to other persons at the same time

    7. CHAPTER 7 Inspection of Documents and the Provision of Information

       1. 177. Confidentiality of documents: grounds for refusing inspection

       2. 178. Right to copies of documents

       3. 179. Charges for copies of documents

       4. 180. Right to list of creditors

    8. CHAPTER 8 Time

       1. 181. Calculation of time periods

15. PART 14 Miscellaneous

    1. 182. False claim of status as creditor, etc.

    2. 183. Punishment of offences

    3. 184. Review

16. Signature

17. 1. SCHEDULE

       Punishment of Offences under these Rules

18. Explanatory Note