Rule 18 Meetings generally and notice

(1)

This Rule and Rule 19 apply to any meetings summoned by the energy administrator under paragraph 62 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act.

(2)

In fixing the venue for a meeting, the energy administrator shall have regard to the convenience of the persons who are to attend and the meeting shall be summoned for commencement between 10.00 and 16.00 hours on a business day, unless the court otherwise directs.

(3)

Subject to Rule 28, the energy administrator shall give not less than 14 days’ notice of the venue for the meeting to every person known to the energy administrator as being entitled to attend the meeting.

(4)

The energy administrator shall also publish notice of the venue for the meeting in the Edinburgh Gazette and in such other manner as the energy administrator thinks fit to ensure the meeting comes to the attention of any persons who are entitled to attend.

(5)

Any notice published under paragraph (4) shall be published not less than 14 days before the meeting.

(6)

Any notice under this Rule shall, in addition to the standard content, state—

(a)

the venue fixed for the meeting;

(b)

the purpose of the meeting;

(c)

the persons who are entitled to attend and vote at the meeting;

(d)

the effects of Rule 29 and of the relevant provisions of Rule 31; and

(e)

in the case of a meeting of creditors—

(i)

that proxies may be lodged at or before the meeting and the place where they may be lodged; and

(ii)

that claims may be lodged by those who have not already done so at or before the meeting and the place where they may be lodged.

(7)

With the notice given under paragraph (3), the energy administrator shall also send out a proxy form.

(8)

In the case of any meeting, the court may order that notice of the meeting be given by public advertisement in such form as may be specified in the order and not by individual notice to the persons concerned. In considering whether to make such an order, the court shall have regard to the cost of the public advertisement, to the amount of the assets available and to the extent of the interest of creditors or any particular class of them.