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Section 38: Receivership accounts to be delivered to registrar.

Insolvency Act 1986 · 1986 c. 45View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: Receivership — Chapter I: Receivers and Managers (England and Wales)

Except in the case of an adminstrative receiver, every receiver or manager of a company's property who has been appointed under powers contained in an instrument shall deliver to the registrar of companies for registration the requisite accounts of his receipts and payments.

The accounts shall be delivered within one month (or such longer period as the registrar may allow) after the expiration of 12 months from the date of his appointment and of every subsequent period of 6 months, and also within one month after he ceases to act as receiver or manager.

The requisite accounts shall be an abstract in the prescribed form showing—

receipts and payments during the relevant period of 12 or 6 months, or
where the receiver or manager ceases to act, receipts and payments during the period from the end of the period of 12 or 6 months to which the last preceding abstract related (or, if no preceding abstract has been delivered under this section, from the date of his appointment) up to the date of his so ceasing, and the aggregate amount of receipts and payments during all preceding periods since his appointment.

In this section "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State.

A receiver or manager who makes default in complying with this section is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.

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