The Postal Administration (Scotland) Rules 2016

S.I. 2016/900 · Made 8 September 2016 · Extends to Scotland

Contents

1. Part 1: Interpretation, Application and Review
2. 1Citation and commencement
3. 2Construction and interpretation
4. 3Application
5. 4Review
6. Part 2: Appointment of Postal Administrator by Court
7. 5Form of application
8. 6Statement of proposed postal administrator
9. 7Service of petition
10. 8Expenses
11. 9Notice of dismissal of application for a postal administration order
12. Part 3: Process of Postal Administration
13. 10Notification and advertisement of postal administrator’s appointment
14. 11Notice requiring statement of affairs
15. 12Statements of affairs and statements of concurrence
16. 13Limited disclosure
17. 14Release from duty to submit statement of affairs; extension of time
18. 15Expenses of statement of affairs
19. 16Postal administrator’s proposals
20. 17Limited disclosure of paragraph 49 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act statement
21. 18Notices to creditors
22. Part 4: Meetings and Reports
23. 19Meetings generally and notice
24. 20The chair at meetings
25. 21Quorum at meeting of creditors
26. 22Chair of meeting as proxy holder
27. 23Suspension and adjournment
28. 24Correspondence instead of creditors’ meetings
29. 25Remote attendance at meetings
30. 26Action where person excluded
31. 27Indication to excluded person
32. 28Complaint
33. 29Meeting following nomination of alternative liquidator
34. 30Entitlement to vote (creditors and members)
35. 31Hire-purchase, conditional sale and hiring agreements
36. 32Resolutions
37. 33Report of Meeting
38. 34Revision of the postal administrator’s proposals
39. 35Progress reports
40. 36Disposal of secured property
41. Part 5: Claims in Postal Administration
42. 37Submission of claims
43. 38Secured debts
44. 39Entitlement to vote and draw dividend
45. 40Adjudication of claims
46. 41Evidence in relation to claims
47. 42Criminal offences in relation to false claims or evidence
48. 43Amount which may be claimed generally
49. 44Debts depending on contingency
50. 45Liabilities and rights of co-obligants
51. 46Claims in foreign currency
52. Part 6: Distribution of Assets
53. 47Order of priority in distribution
54. 48Expenses of the postal administration
55. 49Pre-postal administration costs
56. 50Assets to be distributed
57. 51Determination of outlays and remuneration
58. 52Payment of dividends
59. 53Unclaimed dividends
60. 54New postal administrator appointed
61. Part 7: Ending Postal Administration
62. 55Final progress reports
63. 56Application to court
64. 57Notification by postal administrator of court order
65. 58Moving from postal administration to creditors’ voluntary liquidation
66. 59Moving from postal administration to dissolution
67. 60Provision of information to the Secretary of State
68. Part 8: Replacing a Postal Administrator
69. 61Grounds for resignation
70. 62Notice of intention to resign
71. 63Notice of resignation
72. 64Application to court to remove postal administrator from office
73. 65Incapacity to act, through death or otherwise
74. 66Application to replace
75. 67Notification and advertisement of appointment of replacement postal administrator
76. 68Joint or concurrent appointments
77. 69Hand-over of assets to successor postal administrator
78. Part 9: Prescribed Part
79. 70Application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act to disapply section 176A of the 1986 Act
80. 71Notice of order under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act
81. Part 10: Proxies and Company Representation
82. 72Definition of “proxy”
83. 73Form of proxy
84. 74Use of proxy at meeting
85. 75Retention of proxies
86. 76Right of inspection
87. 77Proxy-holder with financial interest
88. 78Representation of corporations
89. Part 11: Giving of Notice
90. 79Application
91. 80Personal delivery of documents
92. 81Sending by post
93. 82Notice by and to representatives
94. 83Notice to joint postal administrators
95. 84The form of notices and other documents
96. 85Certificate of giving notice etc
97. 86Electronic delivery in postal administration proceedings – general
98. 87Use of websites by postal administrator
99. 88Special provision on account of expense as to website use
100. Part 12: General Provisions
101. 89Validity of proceedings
102. 90Evidence of proceedings at meetings
103. 91Right to list of creditors and copy documents
104. 92Confidentiality of documents
105. 93Postal administrator’s caution
106. 94Punishment of offences
107. 95Forms for use in postal administration proceedings
108. 96Electronic submission of information instead of submission of forms to the Secretary of State, postal administrators and of copies to the registrar of companies
109. 97Electronic submission of information instead of submission of forms in all other cases
110. 98Contents of notices to be published in the Edinburgh Gazette under the 1986 Act or these Rules
111. 99Notices otherwise advertised under the 1986 Act or these Rules
112. 100Notices otherwise advertised – other additional provisions
113. 101Omission of unobtainable information
114. 102Fees, expenses, etc.
115. 103Power of court to cure defects in procedure
116. 104Sederunt book
117. 105Disposal of company’s books, papers and other records
118. 106Information about time spent on a case
119. Signature
120. Schedule Forms
121. Explanatory note