[A48 Prosecution of delinquent officers of company]
Insolvency Act 1986 (1986 c 45) | Legislation

[A48  Prosecution of delinquent officers of company]

[(1)     This section applies where a moratorium has been obtained for a company.

(2)     If it appears to the monitor that any past or present officer of the company has committed an offence in connection with the moratorium, the monitor must forthwith—

(a)     report the matter to the appropriate authority, and

(b)     provide the appropriate authority with such information and give the authority such access to and facilities for inspecting and taking copies of documents (being information or documents in the possession or under the control of the monitor and relating to the matter in question) as the authority requires.

(3)     In subsection (2), “the appropriate authority”—

(a)     in the case of a company registered in England and Wales, means the Secretary of State,

(b)     in the case of a company registered in Scotland, means the Lord Advocate, and

(c)     in the case

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