Rule 6.081 Requisitioned meetings

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

rules 11.01-11.13 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rule 6(10)-CP(3) substituted by Insolvency 2000 rule 5
rule 4.056-CVL(2) words inserted by Insolvency 2006 Sch. 1 para. 22
rule 6.081(6) inserted by Insolvency 2006 Sch. 1 para. 60
rule 4.228A-4.228E inserted by Insolvency 2008 rule 5
rules 2.028-2.110 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 2.114-2.115 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 2.119-2.130 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 4.027-4.029 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 4.031-4.034 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 4.197-4.204 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.05-7.07 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.09-7.14 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.19-7.22 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.24-7.30 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.34-7.42 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 7.50-7.54 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rules 12.01-12.22 applied with modifications by rule 58 by Bank Administration 2009 rule 61
rule 7. 13B(2) word omitted by Insolvency 2023 rule 37(1)

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), a request by creditors to the official receiver for a meeting of creditors to be summoned shall be accompanied by—FORM 6.37

(a)

a list of the creditors concurring with the request and the amount of their respective claims in the bankruptcy,

(b)

from each creditor concurring, written confirmation of his concurrence, and

(c)

a statement of the purpose of the proposed meeting.

(2)

Paragraph (1)(a) and (b) does not apply if the requisitioning creditor's debt is alone sufficient, without the concurrence of other creditors.

(3)

The official receiver, if he considers the request to be properly made in accordance with the Order, shall—

(a)

fix a venue for the meeting, to take place not more than 35 days from the receipt of the request, and

(b)

give 21 days' notice of the meeting, and of the venue for it, to creditors.

(4)

Where a request for a creditors' meeting is made to the trustee, this Rule applies to him as it does to the official receiver.

(5)

Paragraph (3) does not apply to a first meeting of creditors.

[E.R.6.83]