{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-A7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986/section-A7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/45",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-act-1986",
  "path": "section/A7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "A7",
  "heading": "Beginning of moratorium and appointment of monitor",
  "text": "(1) A moratorium for a company comes into force at the time at which—\n(a) in the case of a company to which section A3 applies, the relevant documents are filed with the court under subsection (2) of that section;\n(b) in the case of a company to which section A4 applies, an order is made under section A4(4)(a);\n(c) in the case of a company to which section A5 applies, an order is made under section A5(4)(a).\n(2) On the coming into force of a moratorium, the person or persons who made the statement mentioned in section A6(1)(b) become the monitor in relation to the moratorium.",
  "extent": null,
  "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))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/45/section/A7",
    "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."
}