Article 3 Transitional provision
This Order has no effect in relation to any insolvency proceedings commenced before the date on which this Order comes into force.
For this purpose—
“insolvency proceedings” means——
proceedings under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985f1;
proceedings under the Insolvency Act 1986f2;
proceedings under the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989f3;
proceedings under the Insolvent Partnerships Order 1994f4;
proceedings under the Insolvent Partnerships Order (Northern Ireland) 1995f5; or
insolvency proceedings commence on—
the date of presentation of a petition for a winding-up order, bank insolvency order, building society insolvency order, bankruptcy order or award of sequestration;
the date on which an application is made for an administration order, bank administration order or building society administration order;
the date on which a proposal is made by the directors of a company for a company voluntary arrangement under Part 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or Part 2 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 or by an individual debtor for an individual voluntary arrangement under Part 8 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or Part 8 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;
the date on which a resolution for voluntary winding up is passed.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
- f2
- f3
- f4
- f5
- f6
- f7
-
1986 c.53. Section 90C was inserted by S.I. 2009/805.
- f8
-
Schedule B1 was inserted by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c.40), Schedule 16.
- f9
-
Schedule B1 was inserted by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10), Schedule 1.