# The Water Industry (Special Administration) Rules 2009 (revoked) S.I. 2009/2477 · made 8 September 2009 · revised to 19 March 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-special-administration-rules-2009-revoked/pdf/uksi_20092477_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-special-administration-rules-2009-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20092477_en.pdf ## Introductory text Insolvency, England And Wales Water Industry, England And Wales Companies, England And Wales Made 8th September 2009 Laid before Parliament 14th September 2009 Coming into force 1st November 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Introduction ## 1 Citation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions and interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Application: general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Application of Insolvency Rules 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Forms for use in special administration proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: The petition and the special administration order ## 7 Form of petition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Contents of affidavit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Filing of petition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Notice to enforcement officer, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Service of petition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Proof of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Insolvency proceedings brought after petition presented . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 The hearing: right of appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Form of special administration order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Costs of petitioner etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Notice and advertisement of special administration order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Notice of discharge of special administration order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: The special administrator ## 19 Special administrator's remuneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Fixing of remuneration by court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Remuneration: joint special administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Remuneration: special administrator a solicitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Resignation of special administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Special administrator's death in office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Order filling vacancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Conduct of the special administration ### Chapter 1: Statement of affairs and proposals to creditors ## 26 Meaning of “responsible person” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Notice requiring statement of affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Verification of statement of affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Filing the statement of affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Limiting disclosure of statement of affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Release from obligation or extension of time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Expenses of statement of affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Statement to be annexed to proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Form of statement of revised proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Statement if special administration order to be discharged before statement of proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Notice to members of proposals to creditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Disposal of property ## 37 Disposal of charged property, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Accounts ## 38 Abstract of receipts and payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 4: Access to documents ## 39 Confidentiality of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Right to copy documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Right to have list of creditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 False claim of status as creditor or member etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Meetings ### Chapter 1: Creditors' meetings ## 43 Application of Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Venue and notice of creditors' meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Non-receipt of notice of meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Who presides at meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Adjournment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Entitlement to vote: meetings of creditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Admission and rejection of claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Voting by secured creditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Voting by holders of negotiable instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Voting by retention of title creditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Voting by creditors under hire-purchase, conditional sale and chattel leasing agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Quorum at meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Report to creditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Members' meetings ## 58 Venue and conduct of members' meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Meetings generally ## 59 Evidence of proceedings at meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Proxies and company representation ## 60 Application of this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Definition and grant of proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Issue and use of forms of proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Use of proxies at meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Retention of proxies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Right of inspection of proxies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Proxy-holder with financial interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Company representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Court procedure and practice ### Chapter 1: Applications ## 68 Preliminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Form and contents of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Filing and service of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Hearings without notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Hearing of applications in private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Exercise of court's jurisdiction by registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Use of witness statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Filing and service of witness statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Use of reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Adjournment of hearing: directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Enforcement ## 79 Enforcement of court orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Orders enforcing compliance with these Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Access to court records ## 81 CPR rules not to apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Certain persons' right to inspect the court file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Right to copy documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Official copies of documents on court file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 False claim of status as creditor or member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Filing of copies of London Gazette notices and advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 4: Costs and detailed assessment ## 87 Application of the Civil Procedure Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Costs to be assessed by detailed assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Procedures for detailed assessment: employees of the special administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Procedures for detailed assessment: time limit to bring proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Costs paid otherwise than out of the assets of the water company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Award of costs against special administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 Applications for costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Costs and expenses of witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Final costs certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Replacement of lost or destroyed costs certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 5: Persons who lack capacity ## 97 Children and patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 6: Appeals ## 98 Appeal and review of orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 99 Procedure on appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 7: General ## 100 Principal court rules and practice to apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Title of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Right of audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 103 Special administrator's solicitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Formal defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Affidavits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Giving of security to the court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 107 Payment into court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 108 Further information and disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Examination of persons in special administration proceedings ## 109 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 110 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 111 Form and contents of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 112 Order for examination, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 113 Procedure for examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 114 Recording of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 115 Warrants under section 236 of the Insolvency Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 116 Filing of record of examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 117 Costs of proceedings under section 236 of the Insolvency Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: Miscellaneous and general ## 118 Special administrator's security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 119 Power of Secretary of State to regulate certain matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 120 Evidence of orders, directions or certificates issued by Secretary of State or Welsh Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 121 Time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 122 General provisions as to service and notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 123 Service outside the jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 124 Notice, etc. to solicitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 125 Notice to joint special administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 126 Notices sent simultaneously to the same person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 127 The London Gazette as evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 128 Punishment of offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 129 Powers of the court and the registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule: Forms ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2477 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-special-administration-rules-2009-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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