Companies Act 2014
F366[No lien over eligible company’s books, records, etc.
558ZU. (1) Without prejudice to subsections (2) and (3), where a process adviser is appointed in respect of an eligible company by virtue of section 558E(2), no person shall be entitled as against the process adviser to—
(a) withhold possession of—
(i) any deed, instrument or other document belonging to the eligible company, or
(ii) any accounting records, receipts, bills, invoices, or other papers of a like nature relating to the accounts or trade, dealings or business of the eligible company,
or
(b) claim any lien on any document or paper referred to in paragraph (a).
(2) Where a mortgage, charge or pledge has been created by the deposit of any such document or paper with a person, the production of the document or paper to the process adviser by the person shall not operate to prejudice the person’s rights under the mortgage, charge or pledge (other than any right to possession of the document or paper).
(3) Where by virtue of this section a process adviser has possession of—
(a) any document or papers of a receiver, or
(b) any documents or papers that a receiver is entitled to examine,
the process adviser shall, unless the relevant court otherwise orders, make the document or papers available for inspection by the receiver at all reasonable times.]
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Amendments:
F366
Inserted (7.12.2021) by Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Act 2021 (30/2021), s. 3, S.I. No. 673 of 2021.