# Insolvency Act 1986, Paragraph 1: Eligible companies

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A company is “eligible” for the purposes of this Part unless it is excluded from being eligible by any of the following—
paragraph 2 (current or recent insolvency procedure);
paragraph 2A (private registered providers of social housing);
paragraph 2B (a registered social landlord under Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010);
paragraph 3 (insurance companies);
paragraph 4 (banks);
paragraph 5 (electronic money institutions);
paragraph 6 (investment banks and investment firms);
paragraph 7 (market contracts, market charges, etc);
paragraph 8 (participants in designated systems);
paragraph 9 (payment institutions);
paragraph 10 (operators of payment systems, infrastructure providers etc);
paragraph 11 (recognised investment exchanges, clearing houses and CSDs);
paragraph 12 (securitisation companies);
paragraph 13 (parties to capital market arrangements);
paragraph 15 (public-private partnership project companies);
paragraph 18 (certain overseas companies).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/45/schedule/ZA1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/schedule-ZA1/paragraph-1
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