Rule 97 Final meeting

(1)

The building society liquidator shall give at least 14 days’ notice of the final meeting of the liquidation committee to be held under section 115 of the Banking Act to the following—

(a)

the appropriate regulator;

(b)

the FSCS;

(c)

the Bank of England;

(d)

the Treasury; and

(e)

the members of the liquidation committee.

(2)

The building society liquidator’s final report to be laid before the meeting under that section shall contain an account of the liquidator’s administration of the winding up, including—

(a)

details as to how Objective 1 was achieved having regard, in particular, to the expenses of the building society liquidator in connection with that Objective;

(b)

a summary of the building society liquidator’s receipts and payments;

(c)

a statement that the building society liquidator has reconciled his account with that which is held by the Department in respect of the winding up; and

(d)

a statement as to the amount paid to unsecured creditors by virtue of the application of Article 150A of the 1989 Order (prescribed part)^f1.

(3)

At the same time that notice of the final meeting is sent out, the building society liquidator shall file the final report in court and send it to the appropriate regulator.

(4)

The building society liquidator shall give notice to all creditors and contributories that the final report is available, either on request to the building society liquidator or from the appropriate regulator, and shall cause that notice to be gazetted or to be advertised by such other method as the building society liquidator sees fit at least 14 days before the final meeting is held.

(5)

At the final meeting, the liquidation committee may question the building society liquidator with respect to any matter contained in the final report and may resolve against the building society liquidator being released.

(6)

The building society liquidator shall give notice to the court that the final meeting has been held and the notice shall state whether or not the meeting resolved to release the building society liquidator.

(7)

Where the liquidation committee does not resolve against the building society liquidator’s release, the building society liquidator vacates office at the end of the meeting and is released when the notice in paragraph (6) is filed in court.

(8)

If there is no quorum present at the final meeting, the building society liquidator shall report to the court that a final meeting was summoned in accordance with section 115 of the Banking Act, but there was no quorum present, and the final meeting is then deemed to have been held, and the liquidation committee not to have resolved against the building society liquidator being released.

(9)

If the liquidation committee resolves against the building society liquidator being released then rule 96 applies.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Article 150A was inserted by the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Prescribed Part) Order (S.R. 2006 No. 25).