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PARTS II TO VIICOMPANY INSOLVENCY; COMPANIES WINDING UP

PART IIIADMINISTRATION ORDERS

Administrator’s proposals

Consideration of proposals by creditors' meeting

36.—(1) A meeting of creditors summoned under Article 35 shall decide whether to approve the administrator’s proposals.

(2) The meeting may approve the proposals with modifications, but shall not do so unless the administrator consents to each modification.

(3) Subject to paragraph (2), the meeting shall be conducted in accordance with the rules.

(4) After the conclusion of the meeting in accordance with the rules, the administrator shall report the result of the meeting to the High Court and shall give notice of that result to the registrar and to such persons as may be prescribed.

(5) If a report is given to the High Court under paragraph (4) that the meeting has declined to approve the administrator’s proposals (with or without modifications), the Court may by order discharge the administration order and make such consequential provision as it thinks fit, or adjourn the hearing conditionally or unconditionally, or make an interim order or any other order that it thinks fit.

(6) Where the administration order is discharged, the administrator shall, within 14 days from the making of the order effecting the discharge, send an office copy of that order to the registrar.

(7) If the administrator without reasonable excuse contravenes paragraph (6), he shall be guilty of an offence and, for continued contravention, he shall be guilty of a continuing offence.