Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1"><num>1</num><heading>Determinations in respect of certain non-domestic rating lists</heading><subsection eId="section-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This section applies to the making of a relevant determination in relation to a rating list.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The following are relevant determinations for the purposes of this section—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a determination, for the purposes of compiling or maintaining a rating list (whether or not it is still in force), as to whether a hereditament ought or ought not to be shown in the list;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a determination, for the purposes of maintaining a rating list compiled on 1 April 2017 (whether or not it is still in force), as to the rateable value of a hereditament.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>A determination is not a relevant determination for the purposes of this section to the extent that it concerns whether a hereditament or some part of a hereditament—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is or is not domestic property, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>is or is not exempt from non-domestic rating under Schedule 5 to the LGFA 1988.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In making a relevant determination, no account is to be taken of any matter (whether arising before or after the passing of this Act) that is directly or indirectly attributable to coronavirus.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>But subsection <ref href="#section-1-4">(4)</ref> does not apply to any of the following matters (which, accordingly, may be taken into account in making a relevant determination, whether or not the matter is attributable to coronavirus)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the physical state of the hereditament in respect of which the determination is made, including whether that state affects the mode or category of occupation of the hereditament;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the quantity of minerals or other substances in or extracted from the hereditament in respect of which the determination is made;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the quantity of refuse or waste material which is brought onto and permanently deposited on the hereditament in respect of which the determination is made.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section, matters attributable to coronavirus include (but are not limited to) anything done by any person—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>with a view to compliance with any legislation which concerns the incidence or spread of coronavirus,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>with a view to compliance with any other legislation for reasons relating to the incidence or spread of coronavirus, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in response to, or otherwise in consequence of, any advice or guidance given by a public authority relating to the incidence or spread of coronavirus.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>This section applies to a determination made by reference to a day, or a matter as it is assumed to be on a day, which falls before, as well as on or after, the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-8"><num>(8)</num><intro><p>In this section—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-coronavirus" eId="term-coronavirus">coronavirus</term>” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-domestic-property" eId="term-domestic-property">domestic property</term>” has the meaning given by section 66 of the LGFA 1988;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-hereditament" eId="term-hereditament">hereditament</term>” has the meaning given by section 64 of the LGFA 1988, and the reference in subsection <ref href="#section-1-2-a">(2)(a)</ref> to a determination as to whether a hereditament ought or ought not to be shown in a list includes a determination as to whether something is or is not a hereditament;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-lgfa-1988" eId="term-the-lgfa-1988">the LGFA 1988</term>” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-rating-list" eId="term-rating-list">rating list</term>” means a local non-domestic rating list or central non-domestic rating list under Part 3 of the LGFA 1988.</p></content></hcontainer></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p>The Valuation for Rating (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2021 (<ref eId="c00001" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/398">S.I. 2021/398</ref>) (which are superseded by the provision made by this section) are revoked.</p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This section applies to the making of a relevant determination in relation to a rating list.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The following are relevant determinations for the purposes of this section—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a determination, for the purposes of compiling or maintaining a rating list (whether or not it is still in force), as to whether a hereditament ought or ought not to be shown in the list;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a determination, for the purposes of maintaining a rating list compiled on 1 April 2017 (whether or not it is still in force), as to the rateable value of a hereditament.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a determination, for the purposes of compiling or maintaining a rating list (whether or not it is still in force), as to whether a hereditament ought or ought not to be shown in the list;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a determination, for the purposes of maintaining a rating list compiled on 1 April 2017 (whether or not it is still in force), as to the rateable value of a hereditament.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>A determination is not a relevant determination for the purposes of this section to the extent that it concerns whether a hereditament or some part of a hereditament—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is or is not domestic property, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>is or is not exempt from non-domestic rating under Schedule 5 to the LGFA 1988.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-1-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is or is not domestic property, or</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-1-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>is or is not exempt from non-domestic rating under Schedule 5 to the LGFA 1988.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In making a relevant determination, no account is to be taken of any matter (whether arising before or after the passing of this Act) that is directly or indirectly attributable to coronavirus.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>But subsection <ref href="#section-1-4">(4)</ref> does not apply to any of the following matters (which, accordingly, may be taken into account in making a relevant determination, whether or not the matter is attributable to coronavirus)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the physical state of the hereditament in respect of which the determination is made, including whether that state affects the mode or category of occupation of the hereditament;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the quantity of minerals or other substances in or extracted from the hereditament in respect of which the determination is made;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the quantity of refuse or waste material which is brought onto and permanently deposited on the hereditament in respect of which the determination is made.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-1-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the physical state of the hereditament in respect of which the determination is made, including whether that state affects the mode or category of occupation of the hereditament;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-1-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the quantity of minerals or other substances in or extracted from the hereditament in respect of which the determination is made;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-1-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the quantity of refuse or waste material which is brought onto and permanently deposited on the hereditament in respect of which the determination is made.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this section, matters attributable to coronavirus include (but are not limited to) anything done by any person—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-1-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>with a view to compliance with any legislation which concerns the incidence or spread of coronavirus,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>with a view to compliance with any other legislation for reasons relating to the incidence or spread of coronavirus, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-1-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in response to, or otherwise in consequence of, any advice or guidance given by a public authority relating to the incidence or spread of coronavirus.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-1-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>with a view to compliance with any legislation which concerns the incidence or spread of coronavirus,</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-1-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>with a view to compliance with any other legislation for reasons relating to the incidence or spread of coronavirus, or</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-1-6-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in response to, or otherwise in consequence of, any advice or guidance given by a public authority relating to the incidence or spread of coronavirus.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>This section applies to a determination made by reference to a day, or a matter as it is assumed to be on a day, which falls before, as well as on or after, the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-8"><num>(8)</num><intro><p>In this section—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-coronavirus" eId="term-coronavirus">coronavirus</term>” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-domestic-property" eId="term-domestic-property">domestic property</term>” has the meaning given by section 66 of the LGFA 1988;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-hereditament" eId="term-hereditament">hereditament</term>” has the meaning given by section 64 of the LGFA 1988, and the reference in subsection <ref href="#section-1-2-a">(2)(a)</ref> to a determination as to whether a hereditament ought or ought not to be shown in a list includes a determination as to whether something is or is not a hereditament;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-lgfa-1988" eId="term-the-lgfa-1988">the LGFA 1988</term>” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-rating-list" eId="term-rating-list">rating list</term>” means a local non-domestic rating list or central non-domestic rating list under Part 3 of the LGFA 1988.</p></content></hcontainer></subsection>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-coronavirus" eId="term-coronavirus">coronavirus</term>” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);</p></content></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-coronavirus" eId="term-coronavirus">coronavirus</term>” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);</p></content></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-domestic-property" eId="term-domestic-property">domestic property</term>” has the meaning given by section 66 of the LGFA 1988;</p></content></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-domestic-property" eId="term-domestic-property">domestic property</term>” has the meaning given by section 66 of the LGFA 1988;</p></content></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-hereditament" eId="term-hereditament">hereditament</term>” has the meaning given by section 64 of the LGFA 1988, and the reference in subsection <ref href="#section-1-2-a">(2)(a)</ref> to a determination as to whether a hereditament ought or ought not to be shown in a list includes a determination as to whether something is or is not a hereditament;</p></content></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-hereditament" eId="term-hereditament">hereditament</term>” has the meaning given by section 64 of the LGFA 1988, and the reference in subsection <ref href="#section-1-2-a">(2)(a)</ref> to a determination as to whether a hereditament ought or ought not to be shown in a list includes a determination as to whether something is or is not a hereditament;</p></content></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-lgfa-1988" eId="term-the-lgfa-1988">the LGFA 1988</term>” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;</p></content></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-rating-list" eId="term-rating-list">rating list</term>” means a local non-domestic rating list or central non-domestic rating list under Part 3 of the LGFA 1988.</p></content></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-rating-list" eId="term-rating-list">rating list</term>” means a local non-domestic rating list or central non-domestic rating list under Part 3 of the LGFA 1988.</p></content></hcontainer>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p>The Valuation for Rating (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2021 (<ref eId="c00001" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/398">S.I. 2021/398</ref>) (which are superseded by the provision made by this section) are revoked.</p></content></subsection>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading>Unfit directors of dissolved companies: Great Britain</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 is amended as follows.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In section 6 (duty of court to disqualify unfit directors of insolvent companies)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the heading, omit “of insolvent companies”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in subsection (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “, it is satisfied”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>the court is satisfied—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>that the person is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e309"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>that the person has been a director of a company which has at any time been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court is satisfied that the person’s conduct as a director of that company (either taken alone or taken together with the person’s conduct as a director of one or more other companies or overseas companies) makes the person unfit to be concerned in the management of a company.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (3), after paragraph (c) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>where the company in question has been dissolved without becoming insolvent, a court which at the time it was dissolved had jurisdiction to wind it up.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In section 7 (disqualification orders under section 6: applications and acceptance of undertakings)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (2), for the words from “the day” to the end substitute <quotedText startQuote="“">—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in a case where the person is or has been a director of a company which has become insolvent, the day on which the company became insolvent, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in a case where the person has been a director of a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent, the day on which the company was dissolved.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (4)(a), after “insolvent” insert <quotedText>“or been dissolved without becoming insolvent”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In section 8ZA (order disqualifying person instructing unfit director of insolvent company), in the heading, omit “of insolvent company”.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In section 8ZB (application for order under section 8ZA), in subsection (2), at the end insert <quotedText>“or was dissolved without becoming insolvent.”</quotedText></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In section 15A (compensation orders and undertakings), in subsection (3)(b), after “company” insert <quotedText>“, or a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent,”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22A (application of Act to building societies), after subsection (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><intro><p>In relation to a building society, this Act applies as if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22B (application of Act to incorporated friendly societies), in subsection (3A), for the words from “sections” to the end substitute <quotedText startQuote="“">—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d), 7(2)(b) and 8ZA to 8ZE were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22C (application of Act to NHS foundation trusts), after subsection (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><intro><p>In relation to an NHS foundation trust, this Act applies as if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22E (application of Act to registered societies), in subsection (4), for paragraph (f) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(f)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d), 7(2)(b) and 8ZA to 8ZE are to be disregarded;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(g)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be disregarded.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-11"><num>(11)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22F (application of Act to charitable incorporated organisations), in subsection (3), after paragraph (b) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(ba)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) are to be disregarded;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(bb)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be disregarded;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-12"><num>(12)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22G (application of Act to further education bodies), in subsection (3), after paragraph (a) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(aa)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) are to be disregarded;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(ab)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be disregarded;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-13"><num>(13)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22H (application of Act to protected cell companies), in subsection (4), before paragraph (a) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(za)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) are to be disregarded;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(zb)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be disregarded;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-14"><num>(14)</num><content><p>The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to conduct of directors of companies occurring, and in relation to companies dissolved, at any time before, as well as after, the passing of this Act.</p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 is amended as follows.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In section 6 (duty of court to disqualify unfit directors of insolvent companies)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the heading, omit “of insolvent companies”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in subsection (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “, it is satisfied”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>the court is satisfied—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>that the person is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e309"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>that the person has been a director of a company which has at any time been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court is satisfied that the person’s conduct as a director of that company (either taken alone or taken together with the person’s conduct as a director of one or more other companies or overseas companies) makes the person unfit to be concerned in the management of a company.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (3), after paragraph (c) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>where the company in question has been dissolved without becoming insolvent, a court which at the time it was dissolved had jurisdiction to wind it up.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the heading, omit “of insolvent companies”;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-2-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in subsection (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “, it is satisfied”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>the court is satisfied—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>that the person is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e309"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>that the person has been a director of a company which has at any time been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court is satisfied that the person’s conduct as a director of that company (either taken alone or taken together with the person’s conduct as a director of one or more other companies or overseas companies) makes the person unfit to be concerned in the management of a company.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para2" eId="section-2-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “, it is satisfied”;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para2" eId="section-2-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>the court is satisfied—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>that the person is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e309"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>that the person has been a director of a company which has at any time been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court is satisfied that the person’s conduct as a director of that company (either taken alone or taken together with the person’s conduct as a director of one or more other companies or overseas companies) makes the person unfit to be concerned in the management of a company.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-2-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (3), after paragraph (c) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>where the company in question has been dissolved without becoming insolvent, a court which at the time it was dissolved had jurisdiction to wind it up.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In section 7 (disqualification orders under section 6: applications and acceptance of undertakings)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (2), for the words from “the day” to the end substitute <quotedText startQuote="“">—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in a case where the person is or has been a director of a company which has become insolvent, the day on which the company became insolvent, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in a case where the person has been a director of a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent, the day on which the company was dissolved.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (4)(a), after “insolvent” insert <quotedText>“or been dissolved without becoming insolvent”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (2), for the words from “the day” to the end substitute <quotedText startQuote="“">—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in a case where the person is or has been a director of a company which has become insolvent, the day on which the company became insolvent, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in a case where the person has been a director of a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent, the day on which the company was dissolved.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in subsection (4)(a), after “insolvent” insert <quotedText>“or been dissolved without becoming insolvent”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In section 8ZA (order disqualifying person instructing unfit director of insolvent company), in the heading, omit “of insolvent company”.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p><mod>In section 8ZB (application for order under section 8ZA), in subsection (2), at the end insert <quotedText>“or was dissolved without becoming insolvent.”</quotedText></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In section 15A (compensation orders and undertakings), in subsection (3)(b), after “company” insert <quotedText>“, or a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent,”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22A (application of Act to building societies), after subsection (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><intro><p>In relation to a building society, this Act applies as if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22B (application of Act to incorporated friendly societies), in subsection (3A), for the words from “sections” to the end substitute <quotedText startQuote="“">—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d), 7(2)(b) and 8ZA to 8ZE were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22C (application of Act to NHS foundation trusts), after subsection (2) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><subsection><num>(2A)</num><intro><p>In relation to an NHS foundation trust, this Act applies as if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.</p></content></level></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22E (application of Act to registered societies), in subsection (4), for paragraph (f) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(f)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d), 7(2)(b) and 8ZA to 8ZE are to be disregarded;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(g)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be disregarded.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-11"><num>(11)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22F (application of Act to charitable incorporated organisations), in subsection (3), after paragraph (b) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(ba)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) are to be disregarded;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(bb)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be disregarded;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-12"><num>(12)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22G (application of Act to further education bodies), in subsection (3), after paragraph (a) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(aa)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) are to be disregarded;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(ab)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be disregarded;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-13"><num>(13)</num><content><p><mod>In section 22H (application of Act to protected cell companies), in subsection (4), before paragraph (a) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(za)</num><content><p>sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) are to be disregarded;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(zb)</num><content><p>references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be disregarded;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-14"><num>(14)</num><content><p>The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to conduct of directors of companies occurring, and in relation to companies dissolved, at any time before, as well as after, the passing of this Act.</p></content></subsection>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading>Unfit directors of dissolved companies: Northern Ireland</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (<ref eId="c00002" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2002/3150">S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4)</ref>) is amended as follows.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Article 9 (duty of High Court to disqualify unfit directors of insolvent companies)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the heading, omit “of insolvent companies”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-3-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “, it is satisfied”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-3-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>the Court is satisfied—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>that the person is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e618"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>that the person has been a director of a company which has at any time been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Court is satisfied that the person’s conduct as a director of that company (either taken alone or taken together with the person’s conduct as a director of one or more other companies or overseas companies) makes the person unfit to be concerned in the management of a company.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In Article 10 (disqualification orders under Article 9: applications and acceptance of undertakings)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), for the words from “the day” to the end substitute <quotedText startQuote="“">—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in a case where the person is or has been a director of a company which has become insolvent, the day on which the company became insolvent, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in a case where the person has been a director of a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent, the day on which the company was dissolved.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (5) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph><num>(5A)</num><intro><p>The Department or the official receiver may require any person—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>to furnish the Department or, as the case may be, the official receiver with such information with respect to that person’s or another person’s conduct as a director of a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>to produce and permit inspection of such books, papers and other records as are considered by the Department or, as the case may be, the official receiver to be relevant to that person’s or another person’s conduct as such a director,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>as the Department or the official receiver may reasonably require for the purpose of determining whether to exercise, or of exercising, any function under this Article.</p></wrapUp></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In Article 11A (order disqualifying person instructing unfit director of insolvent company), in the heading, omit “of insolvent company”.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In Article 11B (application for order under Article 11A)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), at the end insert <quotedText>“or was dissolved without becoming insolvent.”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>Paragraphs (5) and (5A) of Article 10 apply for the purposes of this Article as they apply for the purposes of that Article.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 11C (disqualification undertaking instead of an order under Article 11A), for paragraph (4) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph><num>(4)</num><content><p>Paragraphs (5) and (5A) of Article 10 apply for the purposes of this Article as they apply for the purposes of that Article.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 19A (compensation orders and undertakings), in paragraph (3)(b), after “company” insert <quotedText>“, or a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent,”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 24D (application of Order to building societies), after paragraph (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph><num>(3A)</num><intro><p>In relation to a building society, this Order applies as if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>Articles 9(1)(a)(ii) and 10(2)(b) and (5A) were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>references in Articles 11B(2) and 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.</p></content></level></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 25 (application of Order to incorporated friendly societies), in paragraph (3A), for the words from “Articles” to the end substitute <quotedText startQuote="“">—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>Articles 9(1)(a)(ii), 10(2)(b) and (5A) and 11A to 11E were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the reference in Article 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 25A (application of Order to registered societies), in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph (g) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(g)</num><content><p>Articles 9(1)(a)(ii), 10(2)(b) and (5A) and 11A to 11E are to be omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(h)</num><content><p>the reference in Article 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent is to be omitted.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-11"><num>(11)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 25B (application of Order to credit unions), in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>Articles 9(1)(a)(ii), 10(2)(b) and (5A) and 11A to 11E were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(ca)</num><content><p>the reference in Article 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-12"><num>(12)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 25C (application of Order to protected cell companies), in paragraph (4), before sub-paragraph (a) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(za)</num><content><p>Articles 9(1)(a)(ii) and 10(2)(b) and (5A) are to be omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(zb)</num><content><p>references in Articles 11B(2) and 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be omitted;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-13"><num>(13)</num><content><p>The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to conduct of directors of companies occurring, and in relation to companies dissolved, at any time before, as well as after, the passing of this Act.</p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (<ref eId="c00002" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2002/3150">S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4)</ref>) is amended as follows.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In Article 9 (duty of High Court to disqualify unfit directors of insolvent companies)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the heading, omit “of insolvent companies”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-3-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “, it is satisfied”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-3-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>the Court is satisfied—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>that the person is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e618"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>that the person has been a director of a company which has at any time been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Court is satisfied that the person’s conduct as a director of that company (either taken alone or taken together with the person’s conduct as a director of one or more other companies or overseas companies) makes the person unfit to be concerned in the management of a company.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the heading, omit “of insolvent companies”;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>in paragraph (1)—</p></intro><level class="para2" eId="section-3-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “, it is satisfied”;</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-3-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>the Court is satisfied—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>that the person is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e618"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>that the person has been a director of a company which has at any time been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Court is satisfied that the person’s conduct as a director of that company (either taken alone or taken together with the person’s conduct as a director of one or more other companies or overseas companies) makes the person unfit to be concerned in the management of a company.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para2" eId="section-3-2-b-i"><num>(i)</num><content><p>omit “, it is satisfied”;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para2" eId="section-3-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><intro><p>the Court is satisfied—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>that the person is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), or</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="d25e618"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>that the person has been a director of a company which has at any time been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the Court is satisfied that the person’s conduct as a director of that company (either taken alone or taken together with the person’s conduct as a director of one or more other companies or overseas companies) makes the person unfit to be concerned in the management of a company.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In Article 10 (disqualification orders under Article 9: applications and acceptance of undertakings)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), for the words from “the day” to the end substitute <quotedText startQuote="“">—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in a case where the person is or has been a director of a company which has become insolvent, the day on which the company became insolvent, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in a case where the person has been a director of a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent, the day on which the company was dissolved.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (5) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph><num>(5A)</num><intro><p>The Department or the official receiver may require any person—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>to furnish the Department or, as the case may be, the official receiver with such information with respect to that person’s or another person’s conduct as a director of a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>to produce and permit inspection of such books, papers and other records as are considered by the Department or, as the case may be, the official receiver to be relevant to that person’s or another person’s conduct as such a director,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>as the Department or the official receiver may reasonably require for the purpose of determining whether to exercise, or of exercising, any function under this Article.</p></wrapUp></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), for the words from “the day” to the end substitute <quotedText startQuote="“">—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in a case where the person is or has been a director of a company which has become insolvent, the day on which the company became insolvent, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in a case where the person has been a director of a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent, the day on which the company was dissolved.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (5) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph><num>(5A)</num><intro><p>The Department or the official receiver may require any person—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>to furnish the Department or, as the case may be, the official receiver with such information with respect to that person’s or another person’s conduct as a director of a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent (whether while the person was a director or subsequently), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>to produce and permit inspection of such books, papers and other records as are considered by the Department or, as the case may be, the official receiver to be relevant to that person’s or another person’s conduct as such a director,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>as the Department or the official receiver may reasonably require for the purpose of determining whether to exercise, or of exercising, any function under this Article.</p></wrapUp></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In Article 11A (order disqualifying person instructing unfit director of insolvent company), in the heading, omit “of insolvent company”.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In Article 11B (application for order under Article 11A)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), at the end insert <quotedText>“or was dissolved without becoming insolvent.”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>Paragraphs (5) and (5A) of Article 10 apply for the purposes of this Article as they apply for the purposes of that Article.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in paragraph (2), at the end insert <quotedText>“or was dissolved without becoming insolvent.”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="section-3-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>Paragraphs (5) and (5A) of Article 10 apply for the purposes of this Article as they apply for the purposes of that Article.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 11C (disqualification undertaking instead of an order under Article 11A), for paragraph (4) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph><num>(4)</num><content><p>Paragraphs (5) and (5A) of Article 10 apply for the purposes of this Article as they apply for the purposes of that Article.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 19A (compensation orders and undertakings), in paragraph (3)(b), after “company” insert <quotedText>“, or a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent,”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 24D (application of Order to building societies), after paragraph (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph><num>(3A)</num><intro><p>In relation to a building society, this Order applies as if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>Articles 9(1)(a)(ii) and 10(2)(b) and (5A) were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>references in Articles 11B(2) and 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.</p></content></level></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-9"><num>(9)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 25 (application of Order to incorporated friendly societies), in paragraph (3A), for the words from “Articles” to the end substitute <quotedText startQuote="“">—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>Articles 9(1)(a)(ii), 10(2)(b) and (5A) and 11A to 11E were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the reference in Article 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 25A (application of Order to registered societies), in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph (g) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(g)</num><content><p>Articles 9(1)(a)(ii), 10(2)(b) and (5A) and 11A to 11E are to be omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(h)</num><content><p>the reference in Article 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent is to be omitted.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-11"><num>(11)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 25B (application of Order to credit unions), in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>Articles 9(1)(a)(ii), 10(2)(b) and (5A) and 11A to 11E were omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(ca)</num><content><p>the reference in Article 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent were omitted;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-12"><num>(12)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 25C (application of Order to protected cell companies), in paragraph (4), before sub-paragraph (a) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(za)</num><content><p>Articles 9(1)(a)(ii) and 10(2)(b) and (5A) are to be omitted;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(zb)</num><content><p>references in Articles 11B(2) and 19A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be omitted;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-13"><num>(13)</num><content><p>The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to conduct of directors of companies occurring, and in relation to companies dissolved, at any time before, as well as after, the passing of this Act.</p></content></subsection>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4"><num>4</num><heading>Extent, commencement and short title</heading><subsection eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 1 extends to England and Wales.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>An amendment made by section 2 or 3 has the same extent as the provision amended.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>This section extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day on which it is passed—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-4-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>section 1;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>section 2, for the purposes of the exercise by the Secretary of State or the official receiver of powers under section 7(4) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>section 3, for the purposes of the exercise by the Department or the official receiver of powers under Article 10(5A) of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (<ref eId="c00003" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2002/3150">S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4)</ref>) (inserted by section 3<ref href="#section-3-3-b">(3)(b)</ref>);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>this section.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Sections 2 and 3 come into force for remaining purposes at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021.</p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 1 extends to England and Wales.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>An amendment made by section 2 or 3 has the same extent as the provision amended.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>This section extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day on which it is passed—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-4-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>section 1;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>section 2, for the purposes of the exercise by the Secretary of State or the official receiver of powers under section 7(4) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>section 3, for the purposes of the exercise by the Department or the official receiver of powers under Article 10(5A) of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (<ref eId="c00003" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2002/3150">S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4)</ref>) (inserted by section 3<ref href="#section-3-3-b">(3)(b)</ref>);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-4-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>this section.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-4-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>section 1;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-4-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>section 2, for the purposes of the exercise by the Secretary of State or the official receiver of powers under section 7(4) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-4-4-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>section 3, for the purposes of the exercise by the Department or the official receiver of powers under Article 10(5A) of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (<ref eId="c00003" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2002/3150">S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4)</ref>) (inserted by section 3<ref href="#section-3-3-b">(3)(b)</ref>);</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-4-4-d"><num>(d)</num><content><p>this section.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>Sections 2 and 3 come into force for remaining purposes at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021.</p></content></subsection>