{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-A3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-A3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "section/A3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "A3",
  "heading": "Obtaining a moratorium by filing or lodging documents at court",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to an eligible company that—\n(a) is not subject to an outstanding winding-up petition, and\n(b) is not an overseas company.\n(2) The directors of the company may obtain a moratorium for the company by filing the relevant documents with the court (for the relevant documents, see section A6).\n(3) For the purposes of this Chapter a company is “subject to an outstanding winding-up petition” if—\n(a) a petition for the winding up of the company has been presented, and\n(b) the petition has not been withdrawn or determined.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. A1 inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), ss. 1(1), 49(1) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. A3 modified (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 5 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. A3 modified (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(1)(a) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/45/section/A3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:55:00.443447+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."
}