The Energy Supply Company Administration (Scotland) Rules 2013

S.I. 2013/1047 · Made 30 April 2013

Contents

1. Part 1: Interpretation and Application
2. 1Citation and commencement
3. 2Construction and interpretation
4. 3Application
5. Part 2: Appointment of Energy Administrator By The Court
6. 4Form of Application
7. 5Statement of proposed energy administrator
8. 6Service of petition
9. 7Expenses
10. 8Notice of dismissal of application for an energy supply company administration order
11. Part 3: Process of Energy Supply Company Administration
12. 9Notification and advertisement of energy administrator’s appointment
13. 10Notice requiring statement of affairs
14. 11Statements of affairs and statements of concurrence
15. 12Limited disclosure
16. 13Release from duty to submit statement of affairs; extension of time
17. 14Expenses of statement of affairs
18. 15Energy administrator’s proposals
19. 16Limited disclosure of paragraph 49 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act statement
20. 17Notices to creditors
21. Part 4: Meetings and Reports
22. 18Meetings generally and notice
23. 19The chair at meetings
24. 20Quorum at meeting of creditors
25. 21Chair of meeting as proxy holder
26. 22Suspension and Adjournment
27. 23Correspondence instead of creditors’ meetings
28. 24Remote attendance at meetings
29. 25Action where person excluded
30. 26Indication to excluded person
31. 27Complaint
32. 28Meeting following nomination of alternative liquidator
33. 29Entitlement to vote (creditors and members)
34. 30Hire-purchase, conditional sale and hiring agreements
35. 31Resolutions
36. 32Report of Meeting
37. 33Revision of the energy administrator’s proposals
38. 34Progress Reports
39. 35Disposal of secured property
40. Part 5: Claims in Energy Administration
41. 36Submission of claims
42. 37Secured debts
43. 38Entitlement to vote and draw dividend
44. 39Adjudication of claims
45. 40Evidence in relation to claims
46. 41Criminal offences in relation to false claims or evidence
47. 42Amount which may be claimed generally
48. 43Debts depending on contingency
49. 44Liabilities and rights of co-obligants
50. 45Claims in foreign currency
51. Part 6: Distribution of Assets
52. 46Order of priority in distribution
53. 47Expenses of the energy supply company administration
54. 48Pre-energy supply company administration costs
55. 49Assets to be distributed
56. 50Determination of outlays and remuneration
57. 51Payment of dividends
58. 52Unclaimed Dividends
59. 53New energy administrator appointed
60. Part 7: Ending Energy Administration
61. 54Final progress reports
62. 55Application to court
63. 56Notification by energy administrator of court order
64. 57Moving from energy supply company administration to creditors’ voluntary liquidation
65. 58Moving from energy supply company administration to dissolution
66. 59Provision of information to the Secretary of State
67. Part 8: Replacing an Energy Administrator
68. 60Grounds for resignation
69. 61Notice of intention to resign
70. 62Notice of resignation
71. 63Application to court to remove energy administrator from office
72. 64Incapacity to act, through death or otherwise
73. 65Application to replace
74. 66Notification and advertisement of appointment of replacement energy administrator
75. 67Joint or concurrent appointments
76. 68Hand-over of assets to successor energy administrator
77. Part 9: Prescribed Part
78. 69Application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act to disapply section 176A of the 1986 Act
79. 70Notice of order under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act
80. Part 10: Proxies and Company Representation
81. 71Definition of “proxy”
82. 72Form of proxy
83. 73Use of proxy at meeting
84. 74Retention of proxies
85. 75Right of inspection
86. 76Proxy-holder with financial interest
87. 77Representation of corporations
88. Part 11: Giving of Notice
89. 78Application
90. 79Personal delivery of documents
91. 80Sending by post
92. 81Notice by and to representatives
93. 82Notice to joint energy administrators
94. 83The form of notices and other documents
95. 84Certificate of giving notice etc
96. 85Electronic delivery in energy administration proceedings – general
97. 86Use of websites by energy administrator
98. 87Special provision on account of expense as to website use
99. Part 12: General Provisions
100. 88Validity of proceedings
101. 89Evidence of proceedings at meetings
102. 90Right to list of creditors and copy documents
103. 91Confidentiality of documents
104. 92Energy administrator’s caution
105. 93Punishment of offences
106. 94Forms for use in energy administration proceedings
107. 95Electronic submission of information instead of submission of forms to the Secretary of State, energy administrators and of copies to the registrar of companies
108. 96Electronic submission of information instead of submission of forms in all other cases
109. 97Contents of notices to be published in the Edinburgh Gazette under the 1986 Act or these Rules
110. 98Notices otherwise advertised under the 1986 Act or these Rules
111. 99Notices otherwise advertised – other additional provisions
112. 100Omission of unobtainable information
113. 101Fees, expenses, etc.
114. 102Power of court to cure defects in procedure
115. 103Sederunt book
116. 104Disposal of energy supply company’s books, papers and other records
117. 105Information about time spent on a case
118. Signature
119. Schedule Forms
120. Explanatory note