Interaction with Insolvency Act. 21.—(1) References in this Act to the official receiver, in relation to the winding up of a company or the bankruptcy of an individual, are to any person who, by virtue of section 399 of the Insolvency Act, is authorised to act as the official receiver in relation to that winding up or bankruptcy; and, in accordance with section 401(2) of that Act, references in this Act to an official receiver includes a person appointed as his deputy.
(2) Sections 6 to 10, 15, 19(c) and 20 of, and Schedule 1 to. this Act are deemed included in Parts I to VII of the Insolvency Act for the purposes of the following sections of that Act—
- section 411 (power to make insolvency rules);
- section 414 (fees orders);
- section 420 (orders extending provisions about insolvent companies to insolvent partnerships);
- section 422 (modification of such provisions in their application to recognised banks); and
- section 431 (summary proceedings).
(3) Section 434 of that Act (Crown application) applies to sections 6 to 10, 15, 19(c) and 20 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Act as it does to the provisions of that Act which are there mentioned.
Interpretation. 22.—(1) This section has effect with respect to the meaning of expressions used in this Act, and applies unless the context otherwise requires.
(2) The expression “company”—
- (a) in section 11, includes an unregistered company and a company incorporated outside Great Britain which has an established place of business in Great Britain, and
- (b) elsewhere, includes any company which may be wound up under Part V of the Insolvency Act.
(3) Section 247 in Part VII of the Insolvency Act (interpretation for the first Group of Parts of that Act) applies as regards references to a company’s insolvency and to its going into liquidation; and “administrative receiver” has the meaning given by section 251 of that Act.
(4) “Director” includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called, and in sections 6 to 9 includes a shadow director.
(5) “Shadow director”, in relation to a company, means a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act (but so that a