Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 1367
INSOLVENCY, ENGLAND AND WALES
COMPANIES
The Insolvent Companies (Disqualification of Unfit Directors) Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2003
Made
23rd May 2003
Laid before Parliament
27th May 2003
Coming into force
20th June 2003
The Lord Chancellor, in the exercise of his powers under section 411 of the Insolvency Act 1986( 1 ) and section 21(2) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986( 2 ), with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and after consulting the committee in existence for that purpose under section 413 of the Insolvency Act 1986, hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Insolvent Companies (Disqualification of Unfit Directors) Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on 20th June 2003.
Interpretation
2. In these Rules, references to the “principal Rules” are to the Insolvent Companies (Disqualification of Unfit Directors) Proceedings Rules 1987( 3 ).
Amendment of principal Rules
3. The principal Rules are amended as set out in the Schedule to these Rules.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
28th April 2003
I concur, on behalf of the Secretary of State
Brian Wilson,
Minister of State for Energy and Construction,
Department of Trade and Industry
23rd May 2003
Rule 3
SCHEDULE
1. Amendment of rule 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)
(1) Rule 1 of the principal Rules shall be amended as follows.
(2) At the end of paragraph (3)(b) there is inserted—
“ or
(c) by the Office of Fair Trading or (as the case may be) a specified regulator under section 9A of that Act (breach of competition law by undertaking and unfitness to be concerned in the management of a company), ”
2. Amendment of rule 4 (endorsement on claim form)
(1) Rule 4 of the principal Rules shall be amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (b)(ii) for the words “under section 8 of that Act ” there is substituted “under section 8 or 9A of that Act”