The Energy Administration (Scotland) Rules 2006
S.I. 2006/772 · Made 13 March 2006
INSOLVENCY, SCOTLAND
COMPANIES
Made 13th March 2006
Laid before Parliament 15th March 2006
Coming into force 6th April 2006
The Secretary of State makes the following Rules, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 411 of the Insolvency Act 1986f1 and section 159(3) of the Energy Act 2004f2:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1986 c. 45, as amended by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40). Section 411 was amended by the Insolvency Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1037).
- f2
Contents
- Part 1: Construction and Interpretation
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Construction and interpretation
- 3Application
- Part 2: Appointment of Energy Administrator by Court
- 4Form of application
- 5Service of petition
- 6Expenses
- 7Notice of dismissal of application for an energy administration order
- Part 3: Process of Energy Administration
- 8Notification and advertisement of energy administrator’s appointment
- 9Notice requiring statement of affairs
- 10Statements of affairs and statements of concurrence
- 11Limited disclosure
- 12Release from duty to submit statement of affairs; extension of time
- 13Expenses of statement of affairs
- 14Energy administrator’s proposals
- Part 4: Meetings and Reports
- 15Meetings generally and notice
- 16Adjournment
- 17The chairman at meetings
- 18Quorum at meeting of creditors
- 19Chairman of meeting as proxy holder
- 20Meeting following nomination of alternative liquidator
- 21Entitlement to vote (creditors and members)
- 22Hire-purchase, conditional sale and hiring agreements
- 23Disposal of secured property
- 24Resolutions
- 25Report of Meeting
- 26Revision of the energy administrator’s proposals
- 27Reports to creditors
- Part 5: Claims in Energy Administration
- 28Submission of claims
- 29Secured debts
- 30Entitlement to vote and draw dividend
- 31Adjudication of claims
- 32Evidence in relation to claims
- 33Criminal offences in relation to false claims or evidence
- 34Amount which may be claimed generally
- 35Debts depending on contingency
- 36Liabilities and rights of co-obligants
- 37Claims in foreign currency
- Part 6: Distribution to Creditors
- 38Application of Part and general
- 39Order of priority in distribution
- 40Expenses of the energy administration
- 41Assets to be distributed
- 42Procedure after accounting period
- 43Unclaimed Dividends
- Part 7: Ending Energy Administration
- 44Final progress reports
- 45Application to court
- 46Notification by energy administrator of court order
- 47Moving from energy administration to creditors' voluntary liquidation
- 48Moving from energy administration to dissolution
- 49Provision of information to the Secretary of State
- Part 8: Replacing energy administrator
- 50Grounds for resignation
- 51Notice of intention to resign
- 52Notice of resignation
- 53Application to court to remove energy administrator from office
- 54Incapacity to act, through death or otherwise
- 55Application to replace
- 56Joint or concurrent appointments
- 57Notification and advertisement of appointment of replacement energy administrator
- 58Hand-over of assets to successor energy administrator
- Part 9: Prescribed Part
- 59Application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act to disapply section 176A of the 1986 Act
- 60Notice of order under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act
- Part 10: Proxies and Company representation
- 61Definition of “proxy”
- 62Form of proxy
- 63Use of proxy at meeting
- 64Retention of proxies
- 65Right of inspection
- 66Proxy-holder with financial interest
- 67Representation of corporations
- Part 11: Miscellaneous and General
- 68Giving of notices, etc.
- 69Sending by post
- 70Certificate of giving notice, etc.
- 71Validity of proceedings
- 72Evidence of proceedings at meetings
- 73Right to list of creditors and copy documents
- 74Confidentiality of documents
- 75Energy administrator’s caution
- 76Punishment of offences
- 77Forms for use in energy administration proceedings
- 78Fees, expenses, etc.
- 79Power of court to cure defects in procedure
- 80Sederunt book
- 81Disposal of protected energy company’s books, papers and other records
- 82Information about time spent on a case
- Signature
- Schedule Schedule
- Explanatory note