1.34.—(1) A creditor may at any time elect to be an opted-out creditor.
(2) The creditor’s election to opt out must be by a notice in writing authenticated and dated by the creditor.
(3) The creditor must deliver the notice to the office-holder.
(4) A creditor becomes an opted-out creditor when the notice is delivered to the office-holder.
(5) An opted-out creditor—
(a)will remain an opted-out creditor for the duration of the insolvency proceedings unless the opt out is revoked; and
(b)is deemed to be an opted-out creditor in respect of any consecutive insolvency proceedings under Parts 3 to 5 of the Act of a different kind relating to the same company.
(6) The creditor may at any time revoke the election to opt out by a further notice in writing, authenticated and dated by the creditor and delivered to the office-holder.
(7) The creditor ceases to be an opted-out creditor from the date the notice is delivered to the office-holder.
Section 246C was prospectively inserted for Scotland by section 124(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26) and section 248A by section 124(4) of that Act.