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Section 901B Power to exclude companies providing financial services, etcF1C1C2

(1)

The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that this Part does not apply—

(a)

where the company in respect of which a compromise or arrangement is proposed is an authorised person, or an authorised person of a specified description;

(b)

where—

(i)

a compromise or arrangement is proposed between a company, or a company of a specified description, and any creditors of the company, and

(ii)

those creditors consist of or include creditors of a specified description.

(2)

In this section—

  • “authorised person” has the same meaning as in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (see section 31 of that Act);

  • “specified” means specified in the regulations.

(3)

Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 26A inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 9 para. 1 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))

Modifications

C1

Ss. 901A-901J applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 45A (as inserted (26.6.2020) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/643), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 3 (which amending S.I. is revoked (16.2.2021) by S.I. 2021/60, reg. 1(1), 2))

C2

Ss. 901A-901J applied (with modifications) (16.2.2021) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 45A (as inserted by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/60), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 3 (with reg. 4(2)))

Notes on Part 26A

Modifications

C1

Pt. 26A applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(4), Sch. 2A (as inserted (18.7.2020) by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions (Arrangements, Reconstructions and Administration) (Amendment) and Consequential Amendments Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/744), arts. 1, 7(c), 12)

C2

Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

C3

Pts. 26, 26A applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (15.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/205), regs. 2(2), 55-63 (with reg. 64)