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(1) This Order may be cited as the Insolvency Act 1986 (Prescribed Part) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 15th September 2003.
(2) In this order “the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986.
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For the purposes of section 176A(3)(a) of the 1986 Act the minimum value of the company’s net property is £10,000.
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(1) The prescribed part of the company’s net property to be made available for the satisfaction of unsecured debts of the company pursuant to section 176A of the 1986 Act shall be calculated as follows—
(a) where the company’s net property does not exceed £10,000 in value, 50% of that property;
(b) subject to paragraph (2), where the company’s net property exceeds £10,000 in value the sum of—
(i) 50% of the first £10,000 in value; and
(ii) 20% of that part of the company’s net property which exceeds £10,000 in value.
(2) The value of the prescribed part of the company’s net property to be made available for the satisfaction of unsecured debts of the company pursuant to section 176A shall not exceed £600,000.
Nigel Griffiths,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business and Enterprise,
Department of Trade and Industry
8th August 2003