Rule 83 Functions and meetings of the committee
In addition to any functions conferred on the creditors’ committee by any provision of the Regulations, the creditors’ committee shall assist the administrator in discharging the administrator’s functions, and act in relation to the administrator in such manner as may be agreed from time to time.
Subject as follows, meetings of the committee shall be held at a time and place determined by the administrator.
The administrator must call a first meeting of the committee to take place within 6 weeks of the committee’s establishment.
After the calling of the first meeting, the administrator must call a meeting—
if so requested by a member of the committee or the member’s representative (the meeting then to be held within 21 days of the request being received by the administrator); and
for a specified date, if the committee has previously resolved that a meeting be held on that date.
Subject to paragraph (8), the administrator shall give 5 business days’ written notice of the venue of any meeting to every member of the committee (or their representative designated for that purpose) unless in any case the requirement of notice has been waived by or on behalf of any member. Waiver may be signified either at or before the meeting.
The FSA shall also be given the notice in paragraph (5).
In a special administration (bank administration), if the meeting is to be held before the Bank of England has given the Objective A Achievement Notice, the Bank of England shall be given the notice in paragraph (5).
Where the administrator has determined that a meeting should be conducted and held in the manner referred to in rule 92, the notice period mentioned in paragraph (5) is 7 business days.