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8. Provision with respect to the certification of any person as, and as to the proof that a person is, [F1the monitor in relation to a moratorium under Part 1A or] the liquidator, administrator or administrative receiver of a company.N.I.
F1Words in Sch. 5 para. 8 inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 7 para. 28(2) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))
9. The following provision with respect to meetings of a company's creditors, contributories or members—N.I.
(a)provision as to the manner of summoning a meeting (including provision as to how any power to require a meeting is to be exercised, provision as to the manner of determining the value of any debt or contribution for the purposes of any such power and provision making the exercise of any such power subject to the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover the expenses likely to be incurred in summoning and holding a meeting);
(b)provision specifying the time and place at which a meeting may be held and the period of notice required for a meeting;
(c)provision as to the procedure to be followed at a meeting (including the manner in which decisions may be reached by a meeting and the manner in which the value of any vote at a meeting is to be determined);
(d)provision for requiring a person who is or has been an officer of the company to attend a meeting;
(e)provision creating, in the prescribed circumstances, a presumption that a meeting has been duly summoned and held;
(f)provision as to the manner of proving the decisions of a meeting.
10.—(1) Provision as to the functions, membership and proceedings of a committee established under[F2Article 59, 87 or 120, or paragraph 58 of Schedule B1].N.I.
(2) The following provision with respect to the establishment of a committee under Article 87 or 120, that is to say—
(a)provision for resolving differences between a meeting of the company's creditors and a meeting of its contributories or members;
(b)provision authorising the establishment of the committee without a meeting of contributories in a case where a company is being wound up on grounds including its inability to pay its debts; and
(c)provision modifying the requirements of this Order with respect to the establishment of the committee in a case where a winding‐up order has been made immediately upon the discharge of an administration order.
F2Words in Sch. 5 para. 10(1) substituted (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 3(3), Sch. 2 para. 46(3) (with art. 4); S.R. 2006/21, art. 2 (with S.R. 2006/22, arts. 2 - 7)
11. Provision as to the manner in which any requirement that may be imposed on a person under any of Parts II to VII by the official receiver, the liquidator, administrator or administrative receiver of a company or a special manager appointed under Article 151 is to be so imposed.N.I.
12. Provision as to the debts that may be proved in a winding up, as to the manner and conditions of proving a debt and as to the manner and expenses of establishing the value of any debt or security.N.I.
13. Provision with respect to the manner of the distribution of the property of a company that is being wound up, including provision with respect to unclaimed funds and dividends.N.I.
14. Provision which, with or without modifications, applies in relation to the winding up of companies any provision contained in Parts VIII to X.N.I.
[F314A. Provision about the application of Article 150A which may include, in particular—N.I.
(a)provision enabling a receiver to institute winding up proceedings;
(b)provision requiring a receiver to institute winding up proceedings.]
F3Sch. 5 para. 14A inserted (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 3(3), Sch. 2 para. 46(4) (with art. 4); S.R. 2006/21, art. 2 (with S.R. 2006/22, arts. 2 - 7)
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