{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-supply-company-administration-rules-2013/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-supply-company-administration-rules-2013/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1046",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Supply Company Administration Rules 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-supply-company-administration-rules-2013",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "The chair at meetings",
  "text": "(1) At any meeting of creditors summoned by the energy administrator, either the energy administrator shall be chair, or a person nominated by the energy administrator in writing to act in the energy administrator's place.\n(2) A person so nominated must be either—\n(a) one who is qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the energy supply company; or\n(b) an employee of the energy administrator or the energy administrator's firm who is experienced in insolvency matters.\n(3) Where the chair holds a proxy which includes a requirement to vote for a particular resolution and no other person proposes that resolution—\n(a) the chair must propose it unless the chair considers that there is good reason for not doing so; and\n(b) if the chair does not propose it, the chair must as soon as reasonably practicable after the meeting notify the principal of the reason why not.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1046/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:55:53.710697+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}