http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/26/section/113Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015An Act to make provision about improved access to finance for businesses and individuals; to make provision about regulatory provisions relating to business and certain voluntary and community bodies; to make provision about the exercise of procurement functions by certain public authorities; to make provision for the creation of a Pubs Code and Adjudicator for the regulation of dealings by pub-owning businesses with their tied pub tenants; to make provision about the regulation of the provision of childcare; to make provision about information relating to the evaluation of education; to make provision about the regulation of companies; to make provision about company filing requirements; to make provision about the disqualification from appointments relating to companies; to make provision about insolvency; to make provision about the law relating to employment; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-09-11Expert Participation2026-05-18 PART 9 1131For subsections (1) and (2) of section 11 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (undischarged bankrupts) substitute—1It is an offence for a person to act as director of a company or directly or indirectly to take part in or be concerned in the promotion, formation or management of a company, without the leave of the court, at a time when any of the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2) apply to the person.2The circumstances are—athe person is an undischarged bankrupt—iin England and Wales or Scotland, oriiin Northern Ireland,ba bankruptcy restrictions order or undertaking is in force in respect of the person under—ithe Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 or the Insolvency Act 1986, oriithe Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989,ca debt relief restrictions order or undertaking is in force in respect of the person under—ithe Insolvency Act 1986, oriithe Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989,da moratorium period under a debt relief order applies in relation to the person under—ithe Insolvency Act 1986, oriithe Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.2AIn subsection (1) “the court” means—afor the purposes of subsection (2)(a)(i)—ithe court by which the person was adjudged bankrupt, oriiin Scotland, the court by which sequestration of the person's estate was awarded or, if awarded other than by the court, the court which would have jurisdiction in respect of sequestration of the person's estate,bfor the purposes of subsection (2)(b)(i)—ithe court which made the order,iiin Scotland, if the order has been made other than by the court, the court to which the person may appeal against the order, oriiithe court to which the person may make an application for annulment of the undertaking,cfor the purposes of subsection (2)(c)(i)—ithe court which made the order, oriithe court to which the person may make an application for annulment of the undertaking,dfor the purposes of subsection (2)(d)(i), the court to which the person would make an application under section 251M(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (if the person were dissatisfied as mentioned there),efor the purposes of paragraphs (a)(ii), (b)(ii), (c)(ii) and (d)(ii) of subsection (2), the High Court of Northern Ireland.2In section 24 of that Act (extent), for subsection (2) substitute—2Subsections (1) to (2A) of section 11 also extend to Northern Ireland.S. 113 in force at 1.10.2015 by S.I. 2015/1689, reg. 2(i) (with Sch. para. 11)