Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024

Amendment of section 430 of Principal Act

24. Section 430 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (b) of subsection (3), by the substitution of “7 days” for “30 days”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) (a) The receiver shall, on the request of a person referred to in paragraph (b), send to the person, not later than 7 days after the date of the request, the following information in the prescribed form:

(i) the terms upon which the receiver is entitled to remuneration in accordance with the instrument under which he or she stands appointed, including either—

(I) the amount to be paid by way of remuneration to the receiver in respect of his or her appointment, or

(II) where it is not practicable to ascertain that amount, the estimated amount expected to be paid by way of remuneration to the receiver in respect of his or her appointment,

or

(ii) where an order of the court is made under section 444, the amount fixed under that order to be paid by way of remuneration to the receiver.

(b) The following persons may make a request for the purposes of paragraph (a):

(i) a member of the company;

(ii) a creditor of the company;

(iii) such other persons as may be prescribed.

(c) The information required to be sent to a person under paragraph (a) may be sent by electronic means if—

(i) it is sent to an email address at which the person has agreed in writing to receive the information, and

(ii) a record that the email has been sent is made for the sender by the email system used.”.