Section 901B: Power to exclude companies providing financial services, etc

Companies Act 2006 · 2006 c. 46View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 26A: Arrangements and reconstructions: companies in financial difficulty

The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that this Part does not apply—

where the company in respect of which a compromise or arrangement is proposed is an authorised person, or an authorised person of a specified description;
where—
a compromise or arrangement is proposed between a company, or a company of a specified description, and any creditors of the company, and
those creditors consist of or include creditors of a specified description.

In this section—

  • "authorised person" has the same meaning as in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (see section 31 of that Act);

  • "specified" means specified in the regulations.

Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

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