PART 8DECISION MAKING
CHAPTER 3Notices, voting and venues for decisions
Voting in a decision procedure8.9
1
In order to be counted in a decision procedure other than where votes are cast at a meeting, votes must—
a
be received by the convener on or before the decision date; and
b
in the case of a vote cast by a creditor, be accompanied by a statement of claim and documentary evidence of debt (where the requirement to provide the latter is not dispensed with under rule 8.28(2)) unless already given to the convener.
2
In a receivership, a creditors’ voluntary winding up or a winding up by the court a vote must be disregarded if—
a
a statement of claim and, where required, documentary evidence of debt are not received by the convener on or before the decision date or, in the case of a meeting, at or before the meeting (unless under rule 8.26 the chair is content to accept them before resumption of the adjourned meeting); or
b
the convener decides, in the application of Chapter 8 of this Part, that the creditor is not entitled to cast the vote.
3
The convener must have received at least one valid vote on or before the decision date in order for the decision to be made.