C2C1Part 2Floating charges
Pt. 2 applied (prosp.) by 1967 c. 48, s. 3(1) (as substituted by Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp. 3), ss. 49(1), 227 (with s. 223))
Registration and creation etc.
41Ranking clauses
1
The document granting a floating charge over all or any part of the property of a company may make provision regulating the order in which the charge ranks with any other floating charge or any fixed security (including a future floating charge or fixed security) over that property or any part of it.
2
Provision under subsection (1) above—
a
may displace in whole or part—
i
subsections (1) and (2) of section 40 of this Act;
ii
subsections (5) and (6) of that section;
b
may not affect the operation of subsection (4) of that section (whether as against subsections (1) and (2) of that section or other provision under subsection (1) above).
3
Accordingly, subsections (1), (2), (5) and (6) of that section have effect subject to any provision made under subsection (1) above.
4
Provision under subsection (1) above is not valid unless it is made with the consent of the holder of any subsisting floating charge, or any subsisting fixed security, which would be adversely affected by the provision.
5
A document of consent for the purpose of subsection (4) above may be registered in the Register of Floating Charges.
Pt. 2 amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2015/428, Sch. 2 (with application in accordance with art. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Building Societies (Floating Charges and Other Provisions) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/679), arts. 1(1)(2), 7(b)