Relevant persons

I16Corporate bodies etc

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A body corporate or unincorporated body is a relevant person if a compromise or arrangement between the body and its creditors (or a class of them) is in force, having been sanctioned in accordance with section 899 F15or 901F of the Companies Act 2006.

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A body corporate or an unincorporated body is a relevant person if, in England and Wales or Scotland—

a

a voluntary arrangement approved in accordance with Part 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 is in force in respect of it,

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the body is in administration under Schedule B1 to that Act,

c

there is a person appointed in accordance with Part 3 of that Act who is acting as receiver or manager of the body's property (or there would be such a person so acting but for a temporary vacancy),

d

the body is, or is being, wound up voluntarily in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 4 of that Act,

e

there is a person appointed under section 135 of that Act who is acting as provisional liquidator in respect of the body (or there would be such a person so acting but for a temporary vacancy), or

f

the body is, or is being, wound up by the court following the making of a winding-up order under Chapter 6 of Part 4 of that Act or Part 5 of that Act.

3

A body corporate or an unincorporated body is a relevant person if, in Scotland—

a

an award of sequestration has been made F7by virtue of section 6 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 in respect of the body's estate, and the body has not been discharged under that Act,

b

the body has been dissolved and an award of sequestration has been made F8by virtue of that section in respect of its estate, F9or

c

a protected trust deed within the meaning of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act F102016 is in force in respect of the body's estate, F11...

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4

A body corporate or an unincorporated body is a relevant person if, in Northern Ireland—

a

a voluntary arrangement approved in accordance with Part 2 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N. I. 19)) is in force in respect of the body,

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the body is in administration under Schedule B1 to that Order,

c

there is a person appointed in accordance with Part 4 of that Order who is acting as receiver or manager of the body's property (or there would be such a person so acting but for a temporary vacancy),

d

the body is, or is being, wound up voluntarily in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 5 of that Order,

e

there is a person appointed under Article 115 of that Order who is acting as provisional liquidator in respect of the body (or there would be such a person so acting but for a temporary vacancy), or

f

the body is, or is being, wound up by the court following the making of a winding-up order under Chapter 6 of Part 5 of that Order or Part 6 of that Order.

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A body corporate or unincorporated body is a relevant person if it is in insolvency under Part 2 of the Banking Act 2009.

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A body corporate or unincorporated body is a relevant person if it is in administration under relevant sectoral legislation as defined in Schedule A1.

5

A body within F5subsection (1) is not a relevant person in relation to a liability that is transferred to another body by the order sanctioning the compromise or arrangement.

6

Where a body is a relevant person by virtue of F6subsection (1), section 1 has effect to transfer rights only to a person on whom the compromise or arrangement is binding.

7

Where an award of sequestration made F12by virtue of section 6 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 is recalled or reduced, any rights which were transferred under section 1 as a result of that award are re-transferred to and vest in the person who became a relevant person as a result of the award.

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In this section—

a

a reference to a person appointed in accordance with Part 3 of the Insolvency Act 1986 includes a reference to a person appointed under section 101 of the Law of Property Act 1925;

b

a reference to a receiver or manager of a body's property includes a reference to a receiver or manager of part only of the property and to a receiver only of the income arising from the property or from part of it;

c

for the purposes of subsection (3) “body corporate or unincorporated body” includes any entity, other than a trust, the estate of which may be sequestrated F14by virtue of section 6 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016;

d

a reference to a person appointed in accordance with Part 4 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N. I. 19)) includes a reference to a person appointed under section 19 of the Conveyancing Act 1881.