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Article 7 Winding up of insolvent partnership as unregistered company on petition of creditor etc. where no concurrent petition presented against memberI1

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, the provisions of Part V of the Act shall apply in relation to the winding up of an insolvent partnership as an unregistered company on the petition of a creditor, F1of a liquidator (within the meaning of Article 2(b) of the EC Regulation) appointed in proceedings by virtue of Article 3(1) of the EC Regulation, of a temporary administrator (within the meaning of Article 38 of the EC Regulation), of a responsible insolvency practitioner F2, of the Secretary of State or of any other person other than a member, where no insolvency petition is presented by the petitioner against a member or former member of that partnership in his capacity as such.

(2)

Certain of the provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are modified in their application in relation to insolvent partnerships which are being wound up by virtue of that paragraph in such manner that, after modification, they are as set out in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Order.

(3)

The provisions of the Act specified in Part II of Schedule 3 to this Order shall apply as set out in that Part for the purposes of section 221(5) of the Act, as modified by Part I of that Schedule.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 7(1) inserted (31.5.2002) by The Insolvent Partnerships (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1308), arts. 1(1), 3 (with art. 2(2))

F2

Words in art. 7(1) substituted (14.6.1996) by The Insolvent Partnerships (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1308), arts. 1, 2

Commencement

I1

Art. 7 in force at 1.12.1994, see art. 1(1)