- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Director or Officer13
Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
162 duties
Companies Act 2006
126 duties
Insolvency Act 1986
77 duties
Building Societies Act 1986
32 duties
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.art008
Appointment of building society liquidator by the court
Regulated
- Building society liquidator must notify regulators and advertise appointmentDirector or Officer
s.art009
Initial duties of building society liquidation committee
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Liquidation committee must meet liquidator, recommend objectives, and set remunerationStatutory regulator
s.art012
Order of appointment of provisional building society liquidator
Regulated
- Provisional liquidator must serve order and give notice of appointmentDirector or Officer
s.art021
Report by building society liquidator
Regulated
- Building society liquidator must make and publish an insolvency report within 8 weeksDirector or Officer
s.art024
First meetings in the building society liquidation
Regulated
- Liquidator must summon and notify creditors and contributories of first meetingsDirector or Officer
s.art025
Business at the first meeting of creditors and contributories
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- FSCS must state whether it is resigning from the liquidation committee at first creditors' meetingStatutory regulator
s.art033
Appointment to be advertised and registered
Regulated
- Liquidator must advertise appointment and notify authoritiesDirector or Officer
s.art036
General qualification on powers
Regulated
- Prioritise Objective 1 before paying creditorsDirector or Officer
s.art042
Resignation of building society liquidator
Regulated
- Building society liquidator must follow resignation processDirector or Officer
s.art043
Action following acceptance of building society liquidator’s resignation
Regulated
- File resignation notice and notify regulators after creditors' meetingDirector or Officer
s.art045
Final meeting
Regulated
- Hold final meeting and finalise winding up of building societyDirector or Officer
s.art051
Replacement building society liquidator
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Bank of England must appoint replacement liquidator for insolvent building societyStatutory regulator
s.art054
Resignation of the building society liquidator
Regulated
- Get the Bank of England's consent before you resign as liquidatorDirector or Officer
s.art055
Notice to Bank of England of intention to vacate office
Regulated
- Notify Bank of England before vacating office as building society liquidatorDirector or Officer
s.art093
Chair of meetings
Regulated
- Building society liquidator must chair meetings or nominate a qualified personDirector or Officer
s.art095
Requisitioned meetings reforming the liquidation committee
Regulated
- Summon a meeting to re‑establish the liquidation committee when requested by qualifying creditorsDirector or Officer
109 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001
Citation and commencement
s.art002
Extent
s.art003
Application of rules, construction and interpretation
s.art004
Time limits
s.art005
Overview
s.art006
Application for building society insolvency order
s.art007
Persons entitled to copy of application
s.art010
Authentication of building society liquidator’s appointment
s.art011
Appointment of provisional building society liquidator
s.art013
Caution
s.art014
Failure to find or to maintain caution
s.art015
Remuneration
s.art016
Termination of appointment
s.art017
Notice requiring statement of affairs
s.art018
Form of the statement of affairs
s.art019
Expenses of statement of affairs
s.art020
Limited disclosure
s.art022
Information as to pending liquidations
s.art023
Meaning of “contributories”
s.art026
Other meetings
s.art027
Attendance at meetings of building society’s personnel
s.art028
Submission of claims
s.art029
Application of the
s.art030
Claims in foreign currency
s.art031
Rights of eligible depositor and set-off
s.art032
Appointment by creditors
s.art034
Hand-over of assets to building society liquidator
s.art035
Taking possession and realisation of the building society’s assets
s.art037
Summoning of meeting for removal of building society liquidator
s.art038
Procedure on building society liquidator’s removal
s.art039
Release of building society liquidator on removal
s.art040
Removal of building society liquidator by the court
s.art041
Advertisement of removal
s.art044
Release of resigning or removed building society liquidator
s.art046
Determination of amount of outlays and remuneration
s.art047
Recourse of liquidator to meeting of creditors
s.art048
Recourse to the court
s.art049
Creditors’ claim that remuneration is excessive
s.art050
Primacy of Objective 1
s.art052
Building society liquidator deceased
s.art053
Loss of qualification as insolvency practitioner
s.art056
Power of court to set aside certain transactions
s.art057
Rule against solicitation
s.art058
Application of rules
s.art059
Membership of committee
s.art060
Formalities of establishment
s.art061
Committee established by contributories
s.art062
Obligations of liquidator to committee
s.art063
Meetings of the committee
s.art064
The chair at meetings
s.art065
Quorum
s.art066
Committee members’ representatives
s.art067
Resignation
s.art068
Termination of membership
s.art069
Removal
s.art070
Vacancy (creditor members)
s.art071
Vacancy (contributory members)
s.art072
Voting rights and resolutions
s.art073
Resolutions by post
s.art074
Liquidator’s reports
s.art075
Expenses of members,
s.art076
Dealings by committee-members and others
s.art077
Composition of committee when creditors paid in full
s.art078
Formal defects
s.art079
Order of priority in distribution
s.art080
Order of priority of expenses of liquidation
s.art081
Application of the Bankruptcy Act
s.art082
Appointment and remuneration
s.art083
Caution
s.art084
Failure to find or maintain caution
s.art085
Accounting
s.art086
Termination of appointment
s.art087
art.87
s.art088
Procedure following appeal under section 116 of the Banking Act
s.art089
Limitation
s.art090
Dissolution after winding up
s.art091
Summoning of meetings
s.art092
Notice of meeting
s.art094
Meetings requisitioned
s.art096
Quorum
s.art097
Adjournment
s.art098
Entitlement to vote (creditors)
s.art099
Entitlement to vote (members and contributories)
s.art100
Chair of meeting as proxy holder
s.art101
Resolutions
s.art102
Report of meeting
s.art103
Application under section 176A(5) to disapply section 176A
s.art104
Notice of order under section 176A(5)
s.art105
Definition of “proxy”
s.art106
Form of proxy
s.art107
Use of proxy at meeting
s.art108
Retention of proxies
s.art109
Right of inspection
s.art110
Proxy holder with financial interest
s.art111
Giving of notices, etc
s.art112
Service outside the United Kingdom
s.art113
Sending by post
s.art114
Certificate of giving notice,
s.art115
Validity of proceedings
s.art116
Evidence of proceedings at meetings
s.art117
Right to list of creditors and copy documents
s.art118
Confidentiality of documents
s.art119
Insolvency practitioner’s caution
s.art120
Forms for use in insolvency proceedings
s.art121
Fees, expenses, etc
s.art122
Power of court to cure defects in procedure
s.art123
Sederunt book
s.art124
Disposal of building society’s books, papers and other records
s.art125
Information about time spent on a case
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