Summoning of judicial manager’s meeting of creditors
30.—(1) When summoning any judicial manager’s meeting of creditors, the judicial manager must —
(a)
give not less than 7 days’ notice of the time and place of the meeting in an English local daily newspaper; and
(b)
not less than 7 days before the day appointed for the meeting, send by post, or by electronic means in accordance with section 442 of the Act, to every person appearing by the company’s books to be a creditor of the company, a notice of the meeting of creditors.
(2) The notice to each creditor must be sent to the address given in the creditor’s proof, or, if the creditor has not proved, to the address given in the statement of affairs of the company, or to any other address that may be known to the judicial manager.
(3) To avoid doubt, the address given in the creditor’s proof, to which a notice is sent, includes an electronic address provided in the proof by the creditor for delivery of a notice by electronic means.
(4) The judicial manager may, if the judicial manager thinks fit, require a director or an officer of the company to attend any meeting of creditors, and must give the director or officer not less than 7 days’ notice of the meeting of creditors.
(5) The notice mentioned in paragraph (4) may be delivered —
(a)
personally;
(b)
by prepaid registered post; or
(c)
by electronic means in accordance with section 442 of the Act.
(6) It is the duty of every director or officer who receives the notice of meeting of creditors to attend if so required by the judicial manager, and if any such director or officer fails to attend, the judicial manager must report the failure to the Court.
(7) This regulation does not apply to the first meeting of creditors.