Insolvency Act 1986 UK

The Insolvency Act 1986

THE FIRST GROUP OF PARTS

COMPANY INSOLVENCY - COMPANIES WINDING UP

Part I - Company Voluntary Arrangements
Part II - Administration Orders
Part III - Receivership

Chapter I - Receivers and Managers (England and Wales)
Chapter II - Receivers (Scotland)
Chapter III - Receivers Powers in Great Britain as a whole

Part IV - Winding Up of Companies Registered Under the Companies Acts

Chapter I - Preliminary
Chapter II - Voluntary Winding Up (Introductory and General)
Chapter III - Members Voluntary Winding Up
Chapter IV - Creditor' Voluntary Winding Up
Chapter V - Provisions Applying to both kinds of Winding up
Chapter VI - Winding Up by the Court
Chapter VII - Liquidators
Chapter VIII - Provisions of general application in winding up
Chapter IX - Dissolution of companies after winding up
Chapter X - Malpractice before and during Liquidation: Penalisation of companies and company officers: Investigations and prosecutions

Part V - Winding Up Unregistered Companies
Part VI - Miscellaneous Provisions applying to Companies which are Insolvent or in Liquidation
Part VII - Interpretation for first group of parts

THE SECOND GROUP OF PARTS
INSOLVENCY OF INDIVIDUALS - BANKRUPTCY
Part VIII - Individual Voluntary Arrangements
Part IX - Bankruptcy

Chapter I - Bankruptcy Petitions - Bankruptcy Orders
Chapter II - Protection of Bankrupt's Estate and Investigation of his Affairs
Chapter III - Trustees in Bankruptcy
Chapter IV - Administration by Trustee
Chapter V - Effect of Bankruptcy on certain rights, transactions etc
Chapter VI - Bankruptcy Offences
Chapter VII - Powers of Court in Bankruptcy

Part X - Individual Insolvency: General Provisions
Part XI - Interpretation for second group of parts

THE THIRD GROUP OF PARTS
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS BEARING ON BOTH COMPANY
AND INDIVIDUAL INSOLVENCY
GENERAL INTERPRETATION
FINAL PROVISIONS
Part XII - Preferential debts in company and individual insolvency
Part XIII - Insolvency Practitioners and their qualifications
Part XIV - Public Administration
Part XV - Subordinate Legislation
Part XVI - Provisions against debt avoidance (England and Wales Only)
Part XVII - Miscellaneous and General
Part XVIII - Interpretation
Part XIX - Final Provisions

Schedules

The above is the actual text of the Insolvency Act 1986. Since this law covering insolvency will be with us for some time it is reproduced for reference. Professional advice is of course recommended.
Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

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