Part VII

Control of Business Transfers

Effect of order sanctioning business transfer scheme.
112
1
If the court makes an order under section 111(1), it may by that or any subsequent order make such provision (if any) as it thinks fit—
a
for the transfer to the transferee of the whole or any part of the undertaking concerned and of any property or liabilities of the transferor concerned;
b
for the allotment or appropriation by the transferee of any shares, debentures, policies or other similar interests in the transferee which under the scheme are to be allotted or appropriated to or for any other person;
c
for the continuation by (or against) the transferee of any pending legal proceedings by (or against) the transferor concerned;
d
with respect to such incidental, consequential and supplementary matters as are, in its opinion, necessary to secure that the scheme is fully and effectively carried out.
2
An order under subsection (1)(a) may—
a
transfer property or liabilities whether or not the transferor concerned otherwise has the capacity to effect the transfer in question;
b
make provision in relation to property which was held by the transferor concerned as trustee;
c
make provision as to future or contingent rights or liabilities of the transferor concerned, including provision as to the construction of instruments (including wills) under which such rights or liabilities may arise;
d
make provision as to the consequences of the transfer in relation to any occupational pension scheme (within the meaning of section 150(5) of the Finance Act 2004) operated by or on behalf of the transferor concerned.
2A
Subsection (2)(a) is to be taken to include power to make provision in an order—
a
for the transfer of property or liabilities which would not otherwise be capable of being transferred or assigned;
b
for a transfer of property or liabilities to take effect as if there were—
i
no such requirement to obtain a person's consent or concurrence, and
ii
no such contravention, liability or interference with any interest or right,
as there would otherwise be (in the case of a transfer apart from this section) by reason of any provision falling within subsection (2B).
2B
A provision falls within this subsection to the extent that it has effect (whether under an enactment or agreement or otherwise) in relation to the terms on which
the transferor concerned
is entitled to the property or subject to the liabilities in question.
2C
Nothing in subsection (2A) or (2B) is to be read as limiting the scope of subsection (1).
3
If an order under subsection (1) makes provision for the transfer of property or liabilities—
a
the property is transferred to and vests in, and
b
the liabilities are transferred to and become liabilities of,
the transferee as a result of the order.
4
But if any property or liability included in the order is governed by the law of any country or territory outside the United Kingdom, the order may require the transferor concerned, if the transferee so requires, to take all necessary steps for securing that the transfer to the transferee of the property or liability is fully effective under the law of that country or territory.
5
Property transferred as the result of an order under subsection (1) may, if the court so directs, vest in the transferee free from any charge which is (as a result of the scheme) to cease to have effect.
6
An order under subsection (1) which makes provision for the transfer of property is to be treated as an instrument of transfer for the purposes of section 770(1) of the Companies Act 2006 and any other enactment requiring the delivery of an instrument of transfer for the registration of property.
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8
If the court makes an order under section 111(1) in relation to an insurance business transfer scheme, it may by that or any subsequent order make such provision (if any) as it thinks fit—
a
for dealing with the interests of any person who, within such time and in such manner as the court may direct, objects to the scheme;
b
for the dissolution, without winding up, of the transferor concerned;
c
for the reduction, on such terms and subject to such conditions (if any) as it thinks fit, of the benefits payable under—
i
any description of policy, or
ii
policies generally,
entered into by the transferor concerned and transferred as a result of the scheme.
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10
The transferee must, if an insurance or banking business transfer scheme or ring-fencing transfer scheme is sanctioned by the court, deposit two office copies of the order made under subsection (1) with the appropriate regulator within 10 days of the making of the order.
11
But the appropriate regulator may extend that period.
12
“Property” includes property, rights and powers of any description.
13
“Liabilities” includes duties.
14
“Shares” and “debentures” have the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see sections 540 and 738 of the Companies Act 2006).
15
“Charge” includes a mortgage (or, in Scotland, a security over property).
S. 112 applied (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3626, arts. 1, 3(a)
S. 112(1) modified (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3639, arts. 1(1), 4 (with art. 2)
Words in s. 112(2)(d) substituted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/745), art. 17
Words in s. 112(6) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 1(2), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 211(3)(a) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)
S. 112(7) repealed (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1 para. 211(3)(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 6, 11, 12)
S. 112(14): words substituted (6.4.2008) for paras. (a)(b) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 1(2), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 211(3)(c) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)
S. 112(2A)-(2C) inserted (30.6.2008) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendments to Part 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1468), reg. 2(1)
Words in s. 112(10) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 6 para. 5 (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.
Pt. 7: power to amend conferred (1.9.2023) by Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22), ss. 22(8)(a), 49(5); S.I. 2023/934, reg. 2(c)
Words in s. 112(11) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 6 para. 5 (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.
Words in Pt. VII substituted (1.3.2014) by Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), s. 148(5), Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2014/377, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1
S. 112 modified (31.12.2020) by The Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/710), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 4, 5, 6(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in s. 112(10) inserted (1.3.2014) by Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), s. 148(5), Sch. 1 para. 11; S.I. 2014/377, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1
S. 112(9) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/632), regs. 1(3), 33(2) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/710, regs. 1(4), 36, Sch. para. 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)