Section 10N: Validity of acts infringing section 10M

Electricity Act 1989 · 1989 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

The following are voidable on an application to the court—

the exercise of a shareholder right in breach of section 10M;
the appointment of a senior officer in breach of that section.

Any person may make an application under subsection (1).

Such an application may not be made after the end of the 5 years beginning with the day on which the shareholder right was exercised or the appointment made.

If, by virtue of this section, the court declares the exercise of a shareholder right or an appointment to be void, it may make an order as to the consequences of its declaration.

In this section, "the court" means—

in relation to England and Wales, the High Court, and
in relation to Scotland, the Court of Session.

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