Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986

Miscellaneous and general

20 Admissibility in evidence of statements

In any proceedings (whether or not under this Act), any statement made in pursuance of a requirement imposed by or under sections 6 to 10, 15 or 19(c) of, or Schedule 1 to, this Act, or by or under rules made for the purposes of this Act under the Insolvency Act, may be used in evidence against any person making or concurring in making the statement.

21 Interaction with Insolvency Act

(1) References in this Act to the official receiver, in relation to the winding up of a company or the bankruptcy of an individual, are to any person who, by virtue of section 399 of the Insolvency Act, is authorised to act as the official receiver in relation to that winding up or bankruptcy ; and, in accordance with section 401(2) of that Act, references in this Act to an official receiver includes a person appointed as his deputy.

(2) Sections 6 to 10, 15, 19(c) and 20 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Act are deemed included in Parts I to VII of the Insolvency Act for the purposes of the following sections of that Act—

• section 411 (power to make insolvency rules);

• section 414 (fees orders);

• section 420 (orders extending provisions about insolvent companies to insolvent partnerships);

• section 422 (modification of such provisions in their application to recognised banks); and

• section 431 (summary proceedings).

(3) Section 434 of that Act (Crown application) applies to sections 6 to 10, 15, 19(c) and 20 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Act as it does to the provisions of that Act which are there mentioned.

22 Interpretation

(1) This section has effect with respect to the meaning of expressions used in this Act, and applies unless the context otherwise requires.

(2) The expression " company "—

(a) in section 11, includes an unregistered company and a company incorporated outside Great Britain which has an established place of business in Great Britain, and

(b) elsewhere, includes any company which may be wound up under Part V of the Insolvency Act.

(3) Section 247 in Part VII of the Insolvency Act (interpretation for the first Group of Parts of that Act) applies as regards references to a company's insolvency and to its going into liquidation ; and " administrative receiver " has the meaning given by section 251 of that Act.

(4) " Director " includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called, and in sections 6 to 9 includes a shadow director.

(5) " Shadow director ", in relation to a company, means a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act (but so that a person is not deemed a shadow director by reason only that the directors act on advice given by him in a professional capacity).

(6) Section 740 of the Companies Act applies as regards the meaning of " body corporate " ; and " officer " has the meaning given by section 744 of that Act.

(7) In references to legislation other than this Act—

• " the Companies Act " means the [1985 c. 6.] Companies Act 1985 ;

• " the Companies Acts " has the meaning given by section 744 of that Act; and

• " the Insolvency Act " means the [1986 c. 45.] Insolvency Act 1986 ;

and in sections 3(1) and 5(1) of this Act " the companies legislation " means the Companies Acts (except the Insider Dealing Act), Parts I to VII of the Insolvency Act and, in Part XV of that Act, sections 411, 413, 414, 416 and 417.

(8) Any reference to provisions, or a particular provision, of the Companies Acts or the Insolvency Act includes the corresponding provisions or provision of the former Companies Acts (as defined by section 735 (1)(c) of the Companies Act, but including also that Act itself) or, as the case may be, the [1985 c. 65.] Insolvency Act 1985.

(9) Any expression for whose interpretation provision is made by Part XXVI of the Companies Act (and not by subsections (3) to (8) above) is to be construed in accordance with that provision.

23 Transitional provisions, savings, repeals

(1) The transitional provisions and savings in Schedule 3 to this Act have effect, and are without prejudice to anything in the [1978 c. 30.] Interpretation Act 1978 with regard to the effect of repeals.

(2) The enactments specified in the second column of Schedule 4 to this Act are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

24 Extent

(1) This Act extends to England and Wales and to Scotland.

(2) Nothing in this Act extends to Northern Ireland.

25 Commencement

This Act comes into force simultaneously with the Insolvency Act 1986.

26 Citation

This Act may be cited as the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.