558A. (1) In this Part—

"director" includes a shadow director;

"eligible company" means a company which qualifies as—

(a) a small company in accordance with section 280A, or

(b) a micro company in accordance with section 280D;

"excludable debt" has the meaning assigned to it by section 558L(4);

"interested party", in relation to an eligible company, means—

(a) a creditor of the eligible company, or

(b) a member of the eligible company;

"process adviser" means—

(a) except as specified in paragraphs (b) and (c), a process adviser appointed by the directors of an eligible company by resolution mentioned in section 558E or 558ZX,

(b) in Chapter 2 of this Part, a process adviser acting under that Chapter, and

(c) in sections 558ZP, 558ZQ and 558ZAI and Chapter 11 of this Part—

(i) except where the context otherwise requires, a process adviser acting under Chapter 2 of this Part, or

(ii) a process adviser appointed by the directors of an eligible company by resolution mentioned in section 558E or 558ZX;

"relevant court", in relation to an eligible company, means, subject to section 558ZAF, the court determined by the process adviser under section 558H;

"rescue period", in relation to an eligible company, means the period—

(a) beginning with the passing of the resolution mentioned in section 558E(2) appointing a process adviser in respect of the eligible company, and

(b) ending on—

(i) the date on which the appointment of the process adviser is terminated under section 558ZK, or

F369[(ii) where a person appointed as the process adviser of an eligible company ceases to act under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of section 558ZX(1) and the directors of the eligible company do not appoint another person to be a process adviser under that subsection, the date on which a notice delivered to the Registrar under paragraph (a) of section 558ZX(1A) is received by the Registrar;]

"rescue plan" has the meaning assigned to it by section 558B.

(2) For the purposes of sections 558Q, 558Y, 558Z and 558ZD, a member’s claim against an eligible company is impaired if—

(a) the nominal value of his or her shareholding in the eligible company is reduced,

(b) where the member is entitled to a fixed dividend in respect of his or her shareholding in the eligible company, the amount of that dividend is reduced,

(c) the member is deprived of all or any part of the rights accruing to him or her by virtue of his or her shareholding in the eligible company,

(d) the percentage of his or her interest in the total issued share capital of the eligible company is reduced, or

(e) the member is deprived of his or her shareholding in the eligible company.

(3) For the purposes of sections 558Q, 558Y, 558Z and 558ZD, a creditor’s claim against an eligible company is impaired if the creditor receives less in payment of his or her claim than the full amount due in respect of the claim at the date of passing of the resolution for the appointment of the process adviser.]