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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/12/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/12/body" NumberOfProvisions="166" RestrictStartDate="2021-10-01"><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/12/crossheading/power-to-amend-corporate-insolvency-or-governance-legislation-great-britain" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/12/crossheading/power-to-amend-corporate-insolvency-or-governance-legislation-great-britain" NumberOfProvisions="8" id="crossheading-power-to-amend-corporate-insolvency-or-governance-legislation-great-britain" RestrictStartDate="2021-04-01"><Title><Emphasis>Power to amend corporate insolvency or governance legislation: Great Britain</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2020-06-26"><Title>Interpretation</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/12/section/27" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/12/section/27" id="section-27"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">27</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/12/section/27/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/12/section/27/1" id="section-27-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In sections 20 to 26 and this section—</Text><UnorderedList Decoration="none" Class="Definition"><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-coronavirus">coronavirus</Term>” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-corporate-insolvency-or-governance-legislation">corporate insolvency or governance legislation</Term>” means—</Text></Para><OrderedList Type="alpha" Decoration="parens"><ListItem NumberOverride="a"><Para><Text>the Insolvency Act 1986, except so far as relating to the insolvency or bankruptcy of individuals,</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="b"><Para><Text>Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 (arrangements and reconstructions for companies in financial difficulty),</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="c"><Para><Text>the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986,</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="d"><Para><Text>this Act,</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="e"><Para><Text>any subordinate legislation made under the enactments specified in paragraphs (a) to (d),</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="f"><Para><Text>the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1030), and</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="g"><Para><Text>after IP completion day, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2015/0848" Class="EuropeanUnionRegulation" Year="2015" Number="0848">Regulation (EU) 2015/848</Citation> on insolvency proceedings;</Text></Para></ListItem></OrderedList></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-corporate-insolvency-or-restructuring-procedure">corporate insolvency or restructuring procedure</Term>” means—</Text></Para><OrderedList Type="alpha" Decoration="parens"><ListItem NumberOverride="a"><Para><Text>a moratorium under Part A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="b"><Para><Text>a company voluntary arrangement under Part 1 of that Act (including a moratorium under section 1A of that Act in a case where such a moratorium applies after the coming into force of paragraph 30 of Schedule 3);</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="c"><Para><Text>administration under Part 2 of that Act;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="d"><Para><Text>receivership to which Part 3 of that Act applies;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="e"><Para><Text>winding up under Part 4 or 5 of that Act;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="f"><Para><Text>the procedure provided for by Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006;</Text></Para></ListItem></OrderedList></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-enactment">enactment</Term>” includes an Act of the Scottish Parliament and an instrument made under such an Act;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-person-with-corporate-responsibility">person with corporate responsibility</Term>” means—</Text></Para><OrderedList Type="alpha" Decoration="parens"><ListItem NumberOverride="a"><Para><Text>in relation to a company, a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body,</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="b"><Para><Text>in relation to a partnership or limited liability partnership, a partner or member, and</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem NumberOverride="c"><Para><Text>in relation to any other entity, a person with responsibility for managing the entity;</Text></Para></ListItem></OrderedList></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-subordinate-legislation">subordinate legislation</Term>” has the meaning given by section 21(1) of the Interpretation Act 1978.</Text></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/12/section/27/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/12/section/27/2" id="section-27-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>References to an enactment in subsection (1) include in particular that enactment as applied by any other enactment, with or without modifications, to partnerships, limited liability partnerships or other entities.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Body></Primary></Legislation>