Companies Act 1985

570 Enforcement throughout United Kingdom of orders made in winding up

(1) An order made by the court in England and Wales for or in the course of winding up a company shall be enforced in Scotland and Northern Ireland in the courts that would respectively have jurisdiction in respect of that company if registered in Scotland or Northern Ireland and in the same manner in all respects as if the order had been made by those courts.

(2) Orders, interlocutors and decrees made by the court in Scotland for or in the course of winding up a company shall in like manner be enforced in England and Wales and Northern Ireland by any court which would respectively have jurisdiction in respect of that company if registered in that part of the United Kingdom where the order is required to be enforced, and in the same manner in all respects as if the order had been made by that court.

(3) Where an order, interlocutor or decree made by one court is required to be enforced by another court, an office copy of it shall be produced to the proper officer of the court required to enforce it

(4) The production of an office copy is sufficient evidence of the order, interlocutor or decree; and thereupon the last-mentioned court shall take the requisite steps in the matter for enforcing it in the same manner as if it had been made by that court

(5) This section extends to Northern Ireland.