HC Deb 06 March 1991 vol 187 cc419-20

16.—(1) Where realisable property is held by a company and an order for the winding up of the company has been made or a resolution has been passed by the company for the voluntary winding up, the functions of the liquidator (or any provisional liquidator) shall not be exercisable in relation to—

  1. (a) property for the time being subject to a restraint order made before the relevant time; and
  2. (b) any proceeds of property realised by virtue of paragraph 5(8) or 9(5) or (6) above for the time being in the hands of a receiver appointed under paragraph 5 or 9 above.

(2) Where, in the case of a company, such an order has been made or such a resolution has been passed, the powers conferred on the High Court and the Secretary of State by paragraphs 5 to 9 and 11 above or on a receiver so appointed shall not be exercised in relation to any realisable property held by the company in relation to which the functions of the liquidator are exercisable—

  1. (a) so as to inhibit him from exercising those functions for the purpose of distributing any property held by the company to the company's creditors; or
  2. (b) so as to prevent the payment out of any property of expenses (including the remuneration of the liquidator or any provisional liquidator) properly incurred in the winding up in respect of the property.

(3) Nothing in the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 shall be taken as restricting, or enabling the restriction of, the exercise of those powers.

(4) Sub-paragraph (2) above does not affect the enforcement of a charging order made before the relevant time or on property which was subject to a restraint order at the relevant time.

(5) In this paragraph—