Rule 3.20 Appointment taking place out of court business hours: procedure

When (but only when) the court is closed, the holder of a qualifying floating charge may file a notice of appointment with the court by—

The notice must specify the name of the court (and hearing centre if applicable) that has jurisdiction.

The Lord Chancellor must designate the F2... email address.

The Secretary of State must publish the designated F3... email address on the Insolvency Service webpages and deliver notice of F4it to any person requesting it from the Insolvency Service.

The appointer must ensure that—

The appointer must retain the F6... hard copy of the email.

The appointer must deliver a notice to the administrator of the filing of the notice of appointment as soon as reasonably practicable.

The copy of the F7... emailed notice of appointment as received by the Courts Service must be delivered by the Lord Chancellor as soon as reasonably practicable to the court specified in the notice as the court having jurisdiction in the case, to be placed on the relevant court file.

The appointer must take to the court on the next occasion that the court is open for business—

The copies of the notice must be sealed by the court and endorsed with—

The court must deliver two of the sealed copies of the notice of appointment to the appointer.

The appointer must, as soon as reasonably practicable, deliver one of the copies to the administrator.

The reference—