Section 189 Meaning of “relevant office-holder”.I1

United Kingdom

(1)

The following are relevant office-holders for the purposes of this Part—

(a)

the official receiver,

(b)

any person acting in relation to a company as its liquidator, provisional liquidator, administrator or administrative receiver,

(c)

any person acting in relation to an individual (or, in Scotland, any debtor within the meaning of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act F12016) as his trustee in bankruptcy or interim receiver of his property or as F2trustee or interim trustee in the sequestration of his estate,

(d)

any person acting as administrator of an insolvent estate of a deceased person.

(2)

In subsection (1)(b) “company” means any company, society, association, partnership or other body which may be wound up under the M1Insolvency Act 1986.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in s. 189(1)(c) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 6(10)(a)
F2: Word in s. 189(1)(c) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 6(10)(b)

Marginal citations

M1: 1986 c.45.

Commencement

I1: S. 189 wholly in force at 25.4.1991 see s. 215 and S.I. 1991/878, art. 2, Sch.

Notes on Part VII

Modifications

C1

Pt. VII (ss. 154-191): functions of the Secretary of State transferred (7.6.1992) to the Treasury by S.I. 1992/1315, art. 2(1)(c) (with art. 6)

Pt. VII (ss. 154-191) applied (E.W.S.) (15.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/2049, reg.3; and applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (15.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/2049, regs.3,4,5,19, 26; and applied (with modifications) (15.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1469, regs.3, 4, 5

C2

Pt. VII: power to apply conferred (1.12.2001) by 2000 c. 8, s. 301(1)(a); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)