UK Statutory Instrument SI 2023/712 United Kingdom

The Relevant Licensee Nuclear Company Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2023

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated 1 of 44 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 43 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Director or Officer21 Trader2 Any Person2 Responsible Person1

Plus 18 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
Companies Act 2006 126 duties
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Responsible Person — also bound by 108 other Acts
MH(CT)(S)A 2003 30 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.rule 100 Nuclear administrator’s duties on vacating office Regulated
  • Fail to hand over assets and records on leaving officeAny Person
s.rule 104 Notice of order under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act Regulated
  • Deliver notice of court order disapplying prescribed part to creditors and registrarDirector or Officer
s.rule 118 Procedure where detailed assessment required Regulated
  • Provide certificate of employment for cost assessmentDirector or Officer
s.rule 13 Notification and advertisement of nuclear administrator’s appointment Regulated
  • Notify relevant parties and advertise nuclear administrator appointmentDirector or Officer
s.rule 14 Notice requiring statement of affairs Regulated
  • Submit statement of affairs to nuclear administrator within 11 daysAny Person
s.rule 140 Order for examination, etc. Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Court must specify venue and timing for respondent's appearance or documentsTribunal / Court
s.rule 152 Electronic delivery by nuclear administrators Regulated
  • Provide hard copy of electronic documents on request within 5 daysDirector or Officer
s.rule 153 Use of website by nuclear administrator to deliver a particular document Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must provide website access to documents and hard copies on requestDirector or Officer
s.rule 154 General use of website to deliver documents Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must follow website document delivery rulesDirector or Officer
s.rule 16 Statement of concurrence Regulated
  • Deliver a statement of concurrence within 5 business days if requiredResponsible Person
s.rule 17 Statement of affairs: filing, etc. Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must file statement of affairs with Companies HouseCrown / Minister / Government department
s.rule 18 Statement of affairs: limited disclosure Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must seek court approval to withhold statement of affairs from public registerCrown / Minister / Government department
s.rule 180 Right to list of creditors Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must provide list of creditors on requestStatutory regulator
s.rule 19 Release from duty to submit statement of affairs; extension of time Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nominated person can request statement of affairs waiver or extensionTribunal / Court
s.rule 20 Expenses of statement of affairs and statement of concurrence Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Pay reasonable expenses of statement of affairs and concurrenceStatutory regulator
s.rule 21 Nuclear administrator’s proposals Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must prepare a detailed statement of proposalsDirector or Officer
s.rule 23 Ancillary provisions about delivery of nuclear administrator’s proposals Regulated
  • Notify creditors and members of court-ordered extension for delivering proposalsDirector or Officer
s.rule 24 Limited disclosure: nuclear administrator’s proposals Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must manage limited disclosure of proposals and update court if circumstances changeDirector or Officer
s.rule 25 Revision of the nuclear administrator’s proposals Regulated
  • Produce and circulate statement of revised proposals when changing administration planDirector or Officer
s.rule 26 Reports Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must prepare and send progress reports every 6 monthsDirector or Officer
s.rule 28 Creditors’ decisions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must seek creditors' decision when rule 29 appliesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.rule 29 Creditors’ decisions for the nomination of an alternative liquidator Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must seek creditor decision on liquidator if 10% of creditors request itStatutory regulator
s.rule 32 Venue and conduct of company meeting Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator: fix meeting venue convenientlyStatutory regulator
s.rule 40 Authority to dispose of property Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must notify security holders and registrar about property disposal proceedingsDirector or Officer
s.rule 47 Nuclear administrator to allow inspection of proofs Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must allow inspection of creditor proof evidenceStatutory regulator
s.rule 49 Admission and rejection of proofs for dividend Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must give reasons if rejecting a creditor's proofStatutory regulator
s.rule 53 Estimate of value of debt Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must estimate value of uncertain debts and inform creditorsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.rule 61 Value of security Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must notify creditors of revaluation within 5 business daysCrown / Minister / Government department
s.rule 68 Supplementary provisions as to dividend Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must reserve funds for disputed or late-proved debts when paying dividendsStatutory regulator
s.rule 69 Notice of proposed distribution Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must give notice of proposed distribution to creditorsDirector or Officer
s.rule 70 Further contents of notice to creditors owed small debts, etc. Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator may treat small debts as proved for dividend paymentsTrader
s.rule 71 Sole or final dividend Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must pay priority sums and declare final dividend after proof deadlineDirector or Officer
s.rule 72 Admission or rejection of proofs following last date for proving Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must admit or reject creditor proofs within 14 days of deadlineStatutory regulator
s.rule 74 Declaration of dividend Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must declare or postpone dividends within two monthsStatutory regulator
s.rule 79 Secured creditors Regulated
  • Repay excess dividend if security value is reducedTrader
s.rule 81 Assignment of right to dividend Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must pay dividend to assigned person upon noticeStatutory regulator
s.rule 83 Division of unsold assets Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must report valuation of unsold assets divided among creditorsDirector or Officer
s.rule 84 Fixing of remuneration Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must apply to court for remuneration and notify creditorsDirector or Officer
s.rule 88 Notification by nuclear administrator of court order Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nuclear administrator must notify directors, regulators, and Companies House of court order ending administrationCrown / Minister / Government department
s.rule 89 Moving from relevant licensee nuclear company administration to creditors’ voluntary liquidation Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must follow procedure when moving from administration to creditors' voluntary liquidationDirector or Officer
s.rule 90 Moving from relevant licensee nuclear company administration to dissolution Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must deliver notice and final progress report to registrar and key partiesDirector or Officer
s.rule 91 Provision of information to the Secretary of State Regulated
  • Provide final report to Secretary of State with outstanding debts and shortfallDirector or Officer
s.rule 93 Notice of intention to resign Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must give notice of intention to resignDirector or Officer
s.rule 94 Notice of resignation to court under the 1986 Act, Schedule B1, paragraph 87(2) Regulated
  • Nuclear administrator must file formal notice of resignation with court and send copiesDirector or Officer
140 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.rule 1 Citation, commencement and extent
s.rule 10 Notice to officers charged with distress or other legal process
s.rule 101 Preliminary
s.rule 102 Contents of application
s.rule 103 Application under section 176A(5) of the 1986 Act to disapply section 176A of the 1986 Act
s.rule 105 Filing and service of application
s.rule 106 Hearings without notice
s.rule 107 Hearing of application
s.rule 108 Witness statements
s.rule 109 Use of reports
s.rule 11 The hearing
s.rule 110 Directions and adjournment
s.rule 111 Enforcement of court orders
s.rule 112 Orders enforcing compliance
s.rule 113 Warrant under section 236 of the 1986 Act
s.rule 114 Court file
s.rule 115 Office copies of documents
s.rule 116 Application and interpretation
s.rule 117 Requirement to assess costs by the detailed procedure
s.rule 119 Costs paid otherwise than out of the assets of the relevant licensee nuclear company
s.rule 12 Notice of relevant licensee nuclear company administration order
s.rule 120 Award of costs against nuclear administrator
s.rule 121 Application for costs
s.rule 122 Costs and expenses of witnesses
s.rule 123 Final costs certificate
s.rule 124 Introduction
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
s.rule 129 Procedure on appeal
s.rule 130 Principal court rules and practice to apply
s.rule 131 Performance of functions by the court
s.rule 132 Rights of audience
s.rule 133 Formal defects
s.rule 134 Shorthand writers
s.rule 135 Payment into court
s.rule 136 Further information and disclosure
s.rule 137 Court orders
s.rule 138 Application and interpretation
s.rule 139 Contents of application
s.rule 141 Procedure for examination
s.rule 142 Record of examination
s.rule 143 Cost of proceedings under section 236
s.rule 144 Application
s.rule 145 Personal delivery of documents
s.rule 146 Delivery of documents by post (or document exchange)
s.rule 147 Delivery of documents to authorised recipients
s.rule 148 Delivery of documents to joint nuclear administrators
s.rule 149 Electronic delivery of documents
s.rule 15 Statement of affairs: content
s.rule 150 Electronic delivery of documents to the court
s.rule 151 Electronic delivery of notices to enforcement officers, etc.
s.rule 155 Proof of delivery of documents
s.rule 156 Requirement for writing and form of documents
s.rule 157 Authentication
s.rule 158 Application
s.rule 159 Service of relevant licensee nuclear company administration application
s.rule 160 Service on joint nuclear administrators
s.rule 161 Service of orders staying proceedings
s.rule 162 Certificate of service
s.rule 163 Contents of notices to be gazetted under the 1986 Act or these Rules
s.rule 164 Omission of unobtainable information
s.rule 165 The Gazette: general
s.rule 166 Notices otherwise advertised under the 1986 Act or these Rules
s.rule 167 Non-Gazette notices: other provisions
s.rule 168 Application
s.rule 169 Information to be contained in all documents delivered to the registrar
s.rule 170 Documents relating to the office of nuclear administrators
s.rule 171 Documents relating to other documents
s.rule 172 Documents relating to court orders
s.rule 173 Reports of meetings
s.rule 174 Documents relating to other events
s.rule 175 Documents of more than one type
s.rule 176 Documents delivered to other persons at the same time
s.rule 177 Confidentiality of documents: grounds for refusing inspection
s.rule 178 Right to copies of documents
s.rule 179 Charges for copies of documents
s.rule 181 Calculation of time periods
s.rule 182 False claim of status as creditor, etc.
s.rule 183 Punishment of offences
s.rule 184 Review
s.rule 2 Application
s.rule 22 Statement of pre-relevant-licensee-nuclear-company-administration costs
s.rule 27 Application
s.rule 3 Interpretation
s.rule 30 Decision making
s.rule 31 Application
s.rule 33 Proxies and representatives
s.rule 34 Remote attendance at meetings: request to specify a place
s.rule 35 Action where person excluded
s.rule 36 Indication to excluded person
s.rule 37 Complaint by or in relation to excluded persons, etc.
s.rule 38 Notice of meetings by advertisement only
s.rule 39 Non-receipt of notice of meeting
s.rule 4 Interpretation: “debt”; “liability”
s.rule 41 Expenses
s.rule 42 Priority of expenses of relevant licensee nuclear company administration
s.rule 43 Pre-relevant-licensee-nuclear-company-administration costs
s.rule 44 Proving a debt
s.rule 45 Provable debts
s.rule 46 Costs of proving
s.rule 48 Appointment of new nuclear administrator: proofs
s.rule 5 Form of application
s.rule 50 Appeal against decision on proof
s.rule 51 Withdrawal or variation of proof
s.rule 52 Exclusion of proof by the court
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 Proposed nuclear administrator’s statement and consent to act
s.rule 60 Voluntary surrender of security
s.rule 62 Surrender for non-disclosure
s.rule 63 Redemption by nuclear administrator
s.rule 64 Test of security’s value
s.rule 65 Realisation of security by creditor
s.rule 66 Distribution to creditors generally
s.rule 67 Debts of insolvent relevant licensee nuclear company to rank equally
s.rule 7 Witness statement in support of application
s.rule 73 Postponement or cancellation of dividend
s.rule 75 Notice of declaration of a dividend
s.rule 76 Payments of dividends and related matters
s.rule 77 Notice of no dividend, or no further dividend
s.rule 78 Proof altered after payment of dividend
s.rule 8 Filing of application
s.rule 80 Disqualification from dividend
s.rule 82 Adjustment where dividend paid before time
s.rule 85 Remuneration of new nuclear administrator
s.rule 86 Interpretation: final progress reports, etc.
s.rule 87 Application to court
s.rule 9 Service of application
s.rule 92 Grounds for resignation
s.rule 95 Application to court to remove nuclear administrator from office
s.rule 96 Notice of vacation of office when nuclear administrator ceases to be qualified to act
s.rule 97 Nuclear administrator deceased
s.rule 98 Application to replace
s.rule 99 Appointment of replacement or additional nuclear administrator

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