C1C2C3 PART VWINDING UP OF COMPANIES REGISTERED UNDER F5the Companies Act 2006

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CHAPTER VIWINDING UP BY THE HIGH COURT

Grounds and effect of winding‐up petition

F1Petition for winding up on grounds of public interest104A

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Where it appears to the Department from—

a

any report made or information obtained underF2 Part 14 of the Companies Act 1985 (company investigations, &c.),

Sub-para.(b) rep. by 1993 c.36

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any report made by inspectors under—

i

section 167, 168, 169 or 284 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, or

ii

where the company is an open-ended investment company (within the meaning of that Act), regulations made as a result of section 262(2)(k) of that Act;

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any information or documents obtained under section 165, 171, 172, 173 or 175 of that Act;

d

any information obtained under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 or section 52 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (fraud investigations), or

e

any information obtained under section 83 of the Companies Act 1989 (powers exercisable for purpose of assisting overseas regulatory authorities),

that it is expedient in the public interest that a company should be wound up, it may present a petition for it to be wound up if the court thinks it just and equitable for it to be so.

2

This Article does not apply if the company is already being wound up by the court.