12SNo proceedings at a meeting are invalidated by reason only that a notice or other document relating to the calling of the meeting, being a notice required to be sent or given under a provision of this Act, has not been received by, or come to the attention of, any creditor before the meeting.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 para. 12 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6 paras. 13, 13A and cross-heading substituted for sch. 6 para. 13 and cross-heading (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 21(2)(a), 59(1)
[F113SEvery meeting must be held either—
(a)in such place (whether or not in the sheriffdom) as is, in the opinion of the person calling the meeting, the most convenient for the majority of the creditors, or
(b)by such electronic means as would, in the opinion of the person calling the meeting, be most convenient to allow the majority of the creditors to participate in the meeting without being together in the same place. ]
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 6 para. 13 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
[F113ASWhere a meeting is to be held in pursuance of paragraph 13(b), the references in paragraphs 4 and 6 to the place fixed for the holding of the meeting are to be read as references to the electronic means by which attendees are to be able to attend the meeting without being together in the same place.]
14SA creditor may authorise in writing a person to represent the creditor at a meeting.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 6 para. 14 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
15SA creditor must lodge with the trustee, before the commencement of the meeting, any authorisation given under paragraph 14.
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I4Sch. 6 para. 15 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
16SAny reference in paragraph 8, or in the following provisions of this Part, to a creditor includes a reference to a person authorised under paragraph 14 by a creditor.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 6 para. 16 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
17SThe quorum at any meeting is one creditor.
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I6Sch. 6 para. 17 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
18SAny question at a meeting is to be determined by a majority in value of the creditors who vote on that question.
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 6 para. 18 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
19SAt any meeting the person chairing it may allow or disallow any objection by a creditor, other than (if the person chairing the meeting is not the trustee) an objection relating to a creditor's claim.
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 6 para. 19 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
20SA person aggrieved by the determination of the person chairing the meeting in respect of an objection may appeal to the sheriff against the determination.
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 6 para. 20 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
21SIf the person chairing the meeting is in doubt as to whether to allow or disallow an objection, the meeting must proceed as if no objection had been made, except that for the purposes of appeal the objection is to be deemed to have been disallowed.
Commencement Information
I10Sch. 6 para. 21 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
22SIf no creditor has appeared at a meeting by half an hour after the time appointed for its commencement, the person chairing the meeting may adjourn it to such other day as that person may appoint, being a day no fewer than 7, nor more than 21, days after that on which the meeting is adjourned.
Commencement Information
I11Sch. 6 para. 22 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
23SThe person chairing the meeting may, with the consent of a majority in value of the creditors who vote on a resolution to adjourn a meeting, adjourn the meeting.
Commencement Information
I12Sch. 6 para. 23 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
24SAny adjourned meeting must be held at the same time [F2, and at the same place or by the same electronic means,] as the original meeting, unless [F3the resolution specifies otherwise].
Textual Amendments
F2Words in sch. 6 para. 24 substituted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 21(2)(b)(i), 59(1)
F3Words in sch. 6 para. 24 substituted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 21(2)(b)(ii), 59(1)
Commencement Information
I13Sch. 6 para. 24 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2
25SThe minutes of every meeting must be signed by the person who chaired the meeting and within 14 days after the meeting must be sent to AiB.
Commencement Information
I14Sch. 6 para. 25 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2