The Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

[F1 Application of Order to protected cell companies N.I.

25C.— (1) In this Article—

(a) “protected cell company” means a protected cell company incorporated under Part 4 of the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 which has its registered office in Northern Ireland; and

(b) a reference to a part of a protected cell company is a reference to the core or a cell of the protected cell company (see regulations 42 and 43 of the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017).

(2) This Order applies to protected cell companies as it applies to companies.

(3) Accordingly, in this Order, references to a company are to be read as including references to a protected cell company.

(4) As they apply in relation to protected cell companies, the provisions of this Order have effect with the following modifications—

[F2 (za) Articles 9(1)(a)(ii) [F3 , 10(2)(b) and (5A) and 15A] are to be omitted;

(zb) references in Articles 11B(2) and 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be omitted;]

(a) references to the administration, insolvency, liquidation or winding up of a company are to be read as references to the administration, insolvency, liquidation or winding up of a part of a protected cell company;

(b) references to striking off are to be read as including references to dissolution;

(c) references to a director of a company which is or has been insolvent are to be read as references to the director of a protected cell company, a part of which is or has been insolvent;

(d) references to a director of a company which is being or has been wound up are to be read as references to the director of a protected cell company, a part of which is being or has been wound up;

(e) references to the companies legislation are to be read as references to Part 4 of, and Schedules 1 to 3 to, the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017;

(f) references to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 are to be read as references to that Order as applied by Part 4 of, and Schedules 1 to 3 to, the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017;

(g) references to sections 452 and 456 of the Companies Act 2006 are to be read as references to those sections as applied by regulation 163 of the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017;

(h) references to the registrar of companies are to be read as references to the Financial Conduct Authority; and

(i) references to an overseas company include references to a protected cell company incorporated under the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 which has its registered office in England and Wales (or Wales) or Scotland.

(5) Where two or more parts of a protected cell company are or have been insolvent, then Articles 9 to 10A and 11A to 11C apply in relation to each part separately.

(6) A contribution to the assets of a protected cell company given in accordance with a compensation order under Article 19A(1) or a compensation undertaking under Article 19A(2) is to be held by the protected cell company on behalf of the part of the protected cell company specified in the order or undertaking.]

F1 Art. 25C inserted (8.12.2017) by The Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1212), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 5 (with reg. 189)

F2 Art. 25C(4)(za)(zb) inserted (15.12.2021 for specified purposes, 15.2.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 (c. 34), ss. 3(12), 4(4)(c)(5) (with s. 3(13))

F3 Words in art. 25C(4)(za) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 39(6), 219(1)(2)(b)