Insolvency Act 1994
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | 1994 c. 7 |
Year | 1994 |
(1) Section 19 of the (2) In subsection (3) (which provides for the next two subsections to apply where a person ceases to be administrator) for “next two” there shall be substituted “ following ” .(3) In subsection (5) (which provides for certain debts and liabilities incurred during administration, including those incurred under contracts of employment adopted by the administrator, to be charged on the company’s property in priority to his remuneration and expenses) the words “or contracts of employment adopted” shall be omitted.(4) After the first paragraph of that subsection there shall be inserted—“ , to the extent of any qualifying liability, ” .(3) After subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
- “(6) Any sums payable in respect of liabilities incurred, while he was administrator, under contracts of employment adopted by him or a predecessor of his in the carrying out of his or the predecessor’s functions shall, to the extent that the liabilities are qualifying liabilities, be charged on and paid out of any such property as is mentioned in subsection (4) and enjoy the same priority as any sums to which subsection (5) applies.
- “(7) For the purposes of subsection (6) , a liability under a contract of employment is a qualifying liability if—
- (a) it is a liability to pay a sum by way of wages or salary or contribution to an occupational pension scheme, and
- (b) it is in respect of services rendered wholly or partly after the adoption of the contract.
- “(2A) For the purposes of subsection (1) (b) , a liability under a contract of employment is a qualifying liability if—
- (a) it is a liability to pay a sum by way of wages or salary or contribution to an occupational pension scheme,
- (b) it is incurred while the administrative receiver is in office, and
- (c) it is in respect of services rendered wholly or partly after the adoption of the contract.
- “(1A) Without prejudice to subsection (1) , a receiver is deemed to be the agent of the company in relation to any contract of employment adopted by him in the carrying out of his functions.
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