Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 5 (ss. 220-229) modified by Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46, SIF 27), ss. 21(2), 25
Pt. 5 modified by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41, SIF 39:1), ss. 30(6), 35(4), 47(4)(a)
Pt. 5 modified by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 86(5), 123, Sch. 8 para. 16
Pt. 5 modified by S.I. 1989/638, regs. 8(1), 21
Pt. 5 modified by S.I. 1989/1806, art. 2, Sch. 1, section 47(1)
Pt. 5 modified (31.3.1996) by 1995 c. 20, s. 110(1), Sch. 4 para. 3(4); S.I. 1996/517, art. 3(2) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in arts. 4-6, Sch. 2) (which modifying Act was itself repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 6(1), 7(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 4, Sch. 3 paras. 3, 16))
Pt. 5 modified (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 43, ss. 44, 50(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(4)
Pt. 5 modified (24.3.2003) by 2002 c. 29, ss. 426(8), 458(1)(3); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 3-13 (as amended by S.I. 2003/531, arts. 3, 4))
C2Pt. 5 (ss. 220-229) excluded by S.I. 1986/2142, arts. 1(2), 13(1), 15
C3Pts. 1-7 (ss. 1-251) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1989/1276, arts. 2, 3
Pt. 5 (ss. 220-229) applied (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 119(8) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2
Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (1.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2759, reg. 3, Sch. 3 paras. 91, 91A, 91B
Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 7(1)(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I
Pt. 5 (except ss. 223, 224) applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 8(1)(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I (as amended (1.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/1516, art. 9)
C4Pt. 5 (ss. 220-229) extended (13.1.1993 for purposes of regulation of business of incorporated friendly societies and 28.4.1993 otherwise) by Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), s. 52(1)(9) (with ss. 7(5), 93(4)); S.I. 1993/16, art. 2, Sch. 3; S.I. 1993/1186, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
C5First Group of Parts (Pts. 1-7) applied (with modifications) (15.12.2006) by The Banks (Former Authorised Institutions) (Insolvency) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3107), art. 3, Sch. (as amended (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 117; and (13.3.2018) by The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/208), regs. 1(3), 11
C6Pt. 5 (ss. 220-229) amended (1.12.2001) by 2000 c. 8, s. 371(2)(b); S.I. 2001/3538 art. 2(1)
C7Pt. 5 extended by S.I. 2001/1228, reg. 33C(3) (as inserted (21.12.2011) by The Open-Ended Investment Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/3049), reg. 3(5) (with regs. 4, 10(1))
(1)An unregistered company is deemed (for purposes of section 221) unable to pay its debts—
(a)if in England and Wales execution or other process issued on a judgment, decree or order obtained in any court in favour of a creditor against the company, or any member of it as such, or any person authorised to be sued as nominal defendant on behalf of the company, is returned unsatisfied;
(b)if in Scotland the induciae of a charge for payment on an extract decree, or an extract registered bond, or an extract registered protest, have expired without payment being made;
(c)if in Northern Ireland a certificate of unenforceability has been granted in respect of any judgment, decree or order obtained as mentioned in paragraph (a);
(d)if it is otherwise proved to the satisfaction of the court that the company is unable to pay its debts as they fall due.
(2)An unregistered company is also deemed unable to pay its debts if it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the value of the company’s assets is less than the amount of its liabilities, taking into account its contingent and prospective liabilities.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C8S. 224 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1994/2759, reg. 3, Sch. 3 para. 91A(6)
C9S. 224 applied (with modifications) (6.6.2013) by The Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1388), Pt. 3 reg. 1, Sch. 2 paras. 3, 5 Table (with reg. 24)