The Postal Administration Rules 2013

s.rule 1

Citation and Commencement

s.rule 100

Hearings without notice

s.rule 101

Hearing of application

s.rule 102

Witness statements—general

s.rule 103

Filing and service of witness statements

s.rule 104

Use of reports

s.rule 105

Adjournment of hearing; directions

s.rule 106

General power of transfer

s.rule 107

Proceedings commenced in wrong court

s.rule 108

Applications for transfer

s.rule 109

Procedure following order for transfer

s.rule 11

Proof of service

s.rule 110

Nomination and appointment of shorthand writers

s.rule 111

Remuneration

s.rule 112

Enforcement of court orders

s.rule 113

Orders enforcing compliance with the Rules

s.rule 114

Warrants under section 236 of the 1986 Act

s.rule 115

Court file

s.rule 116

Application of Chapter 5

s.rule 117

Requirement to assess costs by the detailed procedure

s.rule 118

Procedure where detailed assessment required

s.rule 119

Costs paid otherwise than out of the assets of the company

s.rule 12

The hearing

s.rule 120

Award of costs against postal administrator

s.rule 121

Applications for costs

s.rule 122

Costs and expenses of witnesses

s.rule 123

Final costs certificate

s.rule 124

Introductory

s.rule 125

Appointment of another person to act

s.rule 126

Witness statement in support of application

s.rule 127

Service of notices following appointment

s.rule 128

Appeals and reviews of postal administration orders

s.rule 129

Procedure on appeal

s.rule 13

Notice of postal administration order

s.rule 130

Principal court rules and practice to apply

s.rule 131

Right of audience

s.rule 132

Formal defects

s.rule 133

Service of orders staying proceedings

s.rule 134

Payment into court

s.rule 135

Further Information and Disclosure

s.rule 136

Office copies of documents

s.rule 137

Definition of “proxy”

s.rule 138

Issue and use of forms

s.rule 139

Use of proxies at meetings

s.rule 14

Notification and advertisement of postal administrator’s appointment

s.rule 140

Retention of proxies

s.rule 141

Right of inspection

s.rule 142

Proxy-holder with financial interest

s.rule 144

Preliminary

s.rule 145

Form and contents of application

s.rule 146

Order for examination, etc

s.rule 147

Procedure for examination

s.rule 148

Record of examination

s.rule 149

Costs of proceedings under section 236

s.rule 15

Notice requiring statement of affairs

s.rule 150

Power of Secretary of State to regulate certain matters

s.rule 151

Costs, expenses, etc

s.rule 152

Provable debts

s.rule 153

False claim of status as creditor, etc

s.rule 154

Punishment of offences

s.rule 155

Application

s.rule 156

Personal delivery of documents

s.rule 157

Postal delivery of documents

s.rule 158

Non-receipt of notice of meeting

s.rule 159

Notice etc to solicitors

s.rule 16

Verification and filing

s.rule 160

Application

s.rule 161

The form of notices and other documents

s.rule 162

Proof of sending etc

s.rule 163

Authentication

s.rule 164

Electronic delivery in postal administration proceedings—general

s.rule 165

Electronic delivery by postal administrator

s.rule 166

Use of websites by postal administrator

s.rule 167

Special provision on account of expense as to website use

s.rule 168

Electronic delivery of postal administration proceedings to courts

s.rule 169

Notice etc to joint postal administrators

s.rule 17

Limited disclosure

s.rule 170

Application of CPR Part 6 to service of court documents within the jurisdiction

s.rule 171

Service on joint postal administrators

s.rule 172

Application of CPR Part 6 to service of court documents outside the jurisdiction

s.rule 173

Quorum at meeting of creditors

s.rule 174

Remote attendance at meetings of creditors

s.rule 175

Action where person excluded

s.rule 176

Indication to excluded person

s.rule 177

Complaint

s.rule 178

Forms for use in postal administration proceedings

s.rule 179

Electronic submission of information instead of submission of forms to the Secretary of State, postal administrators, and of copies to the registrar of companies

s.rule 18

Release from duty to submit statement of affairs; extension of time

s.rule 180

Electronic submission of information instead of submission of forms in all other cases

s.rule 181

Contents of notices to be gazetted under the 1986 Act or the Rules

s.rule 182

Omission of unobtainable information

s.rule 183

The Gazette—general

s.rule 184

Notices otherwise advertised under the 1986 Act or the Rules

s.rule 185

Non-Gazette notices—other provisions

s.rule 186

Application of this Chapter

s.rule 187

Information to be contained in all notifications to the registrar

s.rule 188

Notifications relating to the office of postal administrator

s.rule 189

Notifications relating to documents

s.rule 19

Expenses of statement of affairs

s.rule 190

Notifications relating to court orders

s.rule 191

Returns or reports of meetings

s.rule 192

Notifications relating to other events

s.rule 193

Notifications of more than one nature

s.rule 194

Notifications made to other persons at the same time

s.rule 195

Confidentiality of documents—grounds for refusing inspection

s.rule 196

Right to copy documents

s.rule 197

Charges for copy documents

s.rule 198

Right to have list of creditors

s.rule 199

Time limits

s.rule 2

Construction and Interpretation

s.rule 20

Postal administrator’s proposals

s.rule 200

Postal administrator’s security

s.rule 201

Notice of order under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act

s.rule 202

Introductory

s.rule 203

“The appropriate fee”

s.rule 204

“Authorised deposit-taker and former authorised deposit-taker”

s.rule 205

“The court”; “the registrar”

s.rule 206

“Debt”, “liability”

s.rule 207

“Petitioner”

s.rule 208

“Venue”

s.rule 209

Expressions used generally

s.rule 210

Application

s.rule 211

Application of the 1986 Act

s.rule 22

Creditors’ meetings generally

s.rule 23

The chair at meetings

s.rule 24

Creditors’ meeting for nomination of alternative liquidator

s.rule 25

Notice of meetings by advertisement only

s.rule 27

Admission and rejection of claims

s.rule 28

Secured creditors

s.rule 29

Holders of negotiable instruments

s.rule 3

Extent

s.rule 30

Hire-purchase, conditional sale and chattel leasing agreements

s.rule 31

Resolutions

s.rule 32

Minutes

s.rule 33

Revision of the postal administrator’s proposals

s.rule 34

Reports to creditors

s.rule 35

Venue and conduct of company meeting

s.rule 36

Authority to dispose of property

s.rule 37

Priority of expenses of postal administration

s.rule 38

Pre-postal administration costs

s.rule 39

Distribution to creditors generally

s.rule 4

Witness statement

s.rule 40

Debts of insolvent company to rank equally

s.rule 41

Supplementary provisions as to dividend

s.rule 42

Division of unsold assets

s.rule 43

Proving a debt

s.rule 44

Costs of proving

s.rule 45

Postal administrator to allow inspection of proofs

s.rule 46

New postal administrator appointed

s.rule 47

Admission and rejection of proofs for dividend

s.rule 48

Appeal against decision on proof

s.rule 49

Withdrawal or variation of proof

s.rule 5

Form of application

s.rule 50

Expunging of proof by the court

s.rule 51

Estimate of quantum

s.rule 52

Negotiable instruments, etc

s.rule 53

Secured creditors

s.rule 54

Discounts

s.rule 55

Mutual credits and set-off

s.rule 56

Debt in foreign currency

s.rule 57

Payments of a periodical nature

s.rule 58

Interest

s.rule 59

Debt payable at future time

s.rule 6

Contents of application and witness statement

s.rule 60

Value of security

s.rule 61

Surrender for non-disclosure

s.rule 62

Redemption by postal administrator

s.rule 63

Test of security’s value

s.rule 64

Realisation of security by creditor

s.rule 65

Notice of proposed distribution

s.rule 66

Admission or rejection of proofs

s.rule 67

Postponement or cancellation of dividend

s.rule 68

Declaration of dividend

s.rule 69

Notice of declaration of a dividend

s.rule 7

Filing of application

s.rule 70

Payments of dividends and related matters

s.rule 71

Notice of no dividend, or no further dividend

s.rule 72

Proof altered after payment of dividend

s.rule 73

Secured creditors

s.rule 74

Disqualification from dividend

s.rule 75

Assignment of right to dividend

s.rule 76

Debt payable at future time

s.rule 77

Fixing of remuneration

s.rule 78

Final progress reports

s.rule 79

Application to court

s.rule 8

Service of application

s.rule 80

Notification by postal administrator of court order

s.rule 81

Moving from postal administration to creditors’ voluntary liquidation

s.rule 82

Moving from postal administration to dissolution

s.rule 83

Provision of information to the Secretary of State

s.rule 84

Grounds for resignation

s.rule 85

Notice of intention to resign

s.rule 86

Notice of resignation

s.rule 87

Application to court to remove postal administrator from office

s.rule 88

Notice of vacation of office when postal administrator ceases to be qualified to act

s.rule 89

Postal administrator deceased

s.rule 9

Notice to officers charged with execution of writs or other process

s.rule 90

Application to replace

s.rule 91

Notification and advertisement of appointment of replacement postal administrator

s.rule 92

Notification and advertisement of appointment of joint postal administrator

s.rule 93

Notification to Registrar of Companies

s.rule 94

Postal administrator’s duties on vacating office

s.rule 95

Preliminary

s.rule 96

Form and contents of application

s.rule 97

Application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act to disapply section 176A of the 1986 Act

s.rule 98

Filing and service of application

s.rule 99

Notice of application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act