Table of Statutory Materials

Ancient Rome

Twelve Tables (c 450 BCE)

8, 11

Table 3

9, 11

Australia

(i) Federal Legislation (Acts and Bills)

Bankruptcy Act 1966

385, 392

s29

51

s58

31

ss115-116

31

s269

31

Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Bill 2007

96, 99-100, 106

Corporate Law Reform Act 1992

109

Corporations Act 2001

315-316, 385, 392

Chapter 5

89

Part 5.3A

89, 97, 109, 111, 117, 124-125, 387

Part 5.8

334

s9

101

s95A

89, 101, 387

s411

108

s435A

97, 111

s435C(1)

89

s435C(2)(b)

128

s435C(2)(c)

128

s435C(3)(a)

128

s435C(3)(b)

128

s435C(3)(e)

128

s435C(3)(g)

128

s436A

89, 109, 114

s436A(2)

95

s436B

89, 94-95, 99, 109

s436B(1)-(2)

114

s436B(2)

95, 123

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s436C

89, 101, 109, 114

s436C(2)

101

s436E(2)

117-118

s436E(10)

118

s437A

113, 386, 392

s437B

112

s438D

131

s439A

123, 392

s439A(4)(b)

127

s439A(6)

117, 123

s439B(2)

117

s439C

85, 118, 121, 128

s439C(c)

129

s440

123

s440D

112, 394, 400

s441D(2)

123

s441 (2)

123

ss442A-F

392

s442A

112

s442C(1)

124

s446A(1)-(4)

129

s446A(5)

129

s447A

114, 117-118, 120-121, 124-126, 132-133

s447C(2)

124

s447D

125

s447D(1)

124

s447E

123

s449B

124

s449C(6)

124

s450A

115

s459P

387

s468(4)

386

s471(2)

394

s471B

386, 400

s477

97

s482

96

s496(1)

96

s497

96

s500(1)

386

s500(2)

386

s556

315

s556(1)

316

s558

387

s560

317

s568(1)

392

s581

51

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s588FGA

33

s588G

31, 127-128

s588 (5)

128

s588 (6)(a)

128

s596A

334

s601CL

52

Corporations Law Amendment (Employee Entitlements) Act 2000

316

Insolvency (Tax Priorities) Legislation Amendment Act 1993

33

Trade Practices Act 1974

368

Part IV

385

Part IVA

384-385

Part IVB

385

Part V

384-385

Part VC

385

s51AC

371, 384

s51AD

384

s52

384

s75AU

385

s75AYA

385

s75B

385

(ii) State Legislation (Acts and Bills)

Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW)

384

Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW)

384

Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW)

384

s106

371, 384

(iii) Regulations

Corporations Regulations 2001

Regulation 5.3A.02

127

Franchising Code of Conduct

368, 401

Part 4

393

s4

369

Trade Practices (Industry Codes - Franchising) Regulations 1998

368

s5(3)

384

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Austria

Bankruptcy Act 1914

78

Business Restructuring Act 1997

77-78

Settlement and Recomposition of Debts Act 1914

78

Botswana

Employment Act (29 of 1982)

288, 293

Part III

290

s25

290

s27

289

s28

288, 290

s29

290

s91

291-292

Employment (Amendment) Act (14 of 2003)

288

Insolvency Act 1929

290

s38

290

ss82-88

291

s82

291-292

s83

291

s84

291

s85

290-292

s85(1)-(2)

291

s85(3)

290, 292

s85(4)

290, 292

s87

292

s88

292

Brazil

Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law (Federal Law No. 11.101)

307

Canada

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1992

54, 308-309

s14.06

354

s36(1)(b)

309

s36(2)

309

s81.3

309

s81.4

309

s121(1)

355

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s136(1)(d)

309

Bill C-62 2007

309, 323

Companies Creditors Arrangements Act 1985

54, 308

Employment Insurance Act 1996

322

Wage Earners Protection Program Act 2005 (Statutes of Canada 2005,

Chapter 47)

54, 308

s6(2)

321

s7(1)

322

s21

323

s21(1)

323

s21(1)(e)

323

China

Enterprise Bankruptcy Law

320

Article 32

320

Article 37

320

European Union

(i) Treaties

EC Treaty

Article 36

191

Article 100

344

Article 130

344

(ii) Regulations

Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of

29 May 2000 (OJ 2000 L160/1)

52, 55-56, 58, 115, 151, 173-184, 185-208

Chapter

185, 187

Recital no. 2

193

Recital no. 3

187-188, 193

Recital no. 12

188

Recital no. 13

58, 174, 179, 181

Recital no. 14

175, 178

Recital no. 15

178

Recital no. 16

178

Recital no. 20

185, 188, 194, 196, 202

Recital no. 21

188

Article 2(h)

186

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Article 3

182-183

Article 3(1)

58, 173-180, 183, 189

Article 3(2)

186-187, 190, 207

Article 3(3)

192

Article 4

186

Article 4(1)

182

Article 4(2)(c)

189

Article 5

189, 197

Article 7

189

Article 16

189

Article 16(2)

186

Article 17

186

Article 18

188-189

Article 18(1)

189-190, 191-192, 207

Article 18(2)

190

Article 18(3)

190, 192

Article 19

189

Article 20

188

Article 26

199

Article 27

187

Article 28

186

Article 29

188

Articles 31

195, 207

Article 31(1)

185, 188, 192-194, 207

Article 31(2)

185, 188, 193-194, 207

Article 31(3)

185, 188, 195, 207

Article 32

187

Article 32(1)

194, 199

Article 32(2)

188, 199

Article 32(3)

188

Article 33

186, 195-198, 206-207

Article 33(1)

188, 196-197, 199-200, 202, 208

Article 33(2)

188, 196, 201-202, 208

Article 34

186, 193, 195, 202, 207-208

Article 34(1)

188, 202-205, 208

Article 34(2)

202, 205-206

Article 34(3)

188, 202, 206, 208

Article 35

188, 204

Article 44(k)

186

Annex B

187, 197, 205

(iii) Directives

Directive 75/117/EC of 10 February 1975

268

Directive 76/207/EC of 9 February 1976

268

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Directive 77/187/EC of 14 February 1977

269

Directive 80/987/EC of 20 October 1980

269, 272, 302

Section II

303

Article 3(2)

303

Article 4

304

Articles 4(2)-4(3)

303

Article 4(3)

304

Article 5

304

Directive 91/533/EC of 14 October 1991

268

Directive 94/19/EC of 30 May 1994

228

Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998

268, 303

Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000

268

Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001

269, 273, 275

Article 3

273

Article 4

273, 277

Article 5(1)

273

Article 5(2)(b)

273

Article 7

273

Directive 2002/74/EC of 23 September 2002

269, 272, 302

Finland

Wage Guarantee Fund Act no. 53/1993

318

France

(i) Codes

Employment Code

Article L. 143-10

318

Article L. 143-11-4

318

Commercial Code

Article L. 625-8

317

Article L. 625-9

318

Article L. 626-20

318

Article L. 631-17

333

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(ii) Laws

Law no. 2004-391 of 4 May 2004

317

Law no. 2005-845 of 26 July 2005

317

(iii) Decrees

Decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985

174

Germany

Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Betrieblichen Altersversorgung 1974

329

§§7-15

329

§7(1)-(2)

330

§10

329

Insolvenzordnung 1999

320

India

Companies Act 2002

308

s529

308

Companies (Second Amendment) Act 2002

308

Employees’ State Insurance Act 1948

308

Indonesia

Labour Law 2003

306

Ireland

Anti-Discrimination Pay Act 1974

313

Employment Equity Act 1977

313

Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984

313

s6

313

Italy

Law no. 1115 of 5 November 1968

319

Law no. 164 of 20 May 1975

319

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Law no. 675 of 12 August 1977

319

Law no. 223 of 23 July 1991

319

Japan

Bankruptcy Law 1922 (Law 71 of 1922)

Article 3 (Principle of Territoriality)

43

Employees Pension Insurance Law 1942

331

Namibia

Companies Act (61 of 1973)

s339

283

s348

283

s352(1)

283

Insolvency Act (61 of 1936)

288, 292

s2

283

s38

283-285

s44

286

s44(1)

286

ss96–102

286

s96(1)

287

s96(2)

287

s97(2)-(3)

287

s98(1)-(2)

287

s99(1)(a)-(e)

287

s100

285-287

s100(1)

286-288

s100(2)

286

s100(3)

286

s100(4)

286

s102

287

s103

287

s106

286

Labour Act (6 of 1992)

281

Labour Act (15 of 2004)

281, 288, 292

Part B

285

Part F

284

Chapter 2

281

Chapter 3

281

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Chapter 4

281

Chapter 5

281

Chapters 6-7

281

s1

285

s11(1)

285

s30

284

s31(1)

284

s31(1)(a)

284

s31(2)

284

s31(3)

284, 285-287

s33

282

s33(1)(a)

282

s33(1)(d)

282

s33(4)

282

s33(6)

282

s34

285

Netherlands

Faillissementswet

Chapter Six (Scheme for a Composition)

203

Article 5(3)

197

Article 6(1), third sentence

205

Article 7

190

Article 69

192

Articles 138-172

203

Article 138

203

Article 153(2)(4°)

205

Article 172a

203

Article 225

190

Article 252

203

Article 272(2)(5 )

205

Article 281(2)

203

Article 290

190

Article 329

203

Article 333a

203

Article 338(2), second sentence

205

Article 361(2)

197

Netherlands Code of Procedural Law

Article 426

197

New Zealand

Insolvency (Cross-Border) Act 2006

54

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South Africa

Basic Conditions of Employment Act (75 of 1997)

s35

279

s41

279-280

s41(2)

280

Close Corporations Act (69 of 1984)

s66

359

Companies Act (61 of 1973)

s21

356-357

s353(1)

351

s339

359

s386(3)-(4)

351

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996

344

s8(2)

346

s24

345-347

s24(a)

345-347

s24(b)

345, 347

s232

344

s233

345

Cross-Border Insolvency Act (42 of 2000)

54

Environment Conservation Act (73 of 1989)

s31A

348

Insolvency Act 1936 (24 of 1936)

275, 278, 280, 352-353

s38

276-279

s38(3)

279

s38(5)

276

s38(7)

276

s38(9)

277

s38(10)

279

s38(11)

278-280

s89(1)

351

s89(4)

351

s89(5)

351

ss96-103

278

s98A

279

s98A(1)(a)(iv)

278, 280

s99

279

s100(1)

278

s106

280

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s156

335, 359-366

Income Tax Act (58 of 1962)

279

Judicial Matters Second Amendment Act (122 of 1998)

278

Labour Relations Act (66 of 1995)

273, 276

s187(1)(g)

273, 277

s197

274, 277

s197(2)

273-274

s197(6)

273-274

s197A

274, 276-277

s197A(1)

275

s197A(1)(a)-(b)

277

s197A(2)

275

s197A(2)(a)

275-277

s197A(2)(c)

275

Labour Relations Amendment Act (12 of 2002)

276

Marine Pollution (Control and Civil Liability) Act (8 of 1981)

338

s9(2)(b)(ii)

338

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (28 of 2002)

ss37-38

348, 350

National Environmental Management Act (107 of 1998)

s2(4)(p)

348

s28

348, 349

s28(1)

349, 355

s28(2)

349, 355

s28(8)

349

s28(11)

349

National Environmental Management: Air Quality Bill (B62-2003)

350

National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (10 of 2004)

s7

348, 350

National Water Act (36 of 1998)

s19

348

National Nuclear Regulator Act (47 of 1999)

s30

348, 350

Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (78 of 1973)

279

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Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (130 of 1993)

279

Security by Means of Movable Property Act (57 of 1993)

s1(2)

279

s1(4)

279

Unemployment Insurance Act (63 of 2001)

276, 310

Unemployment Insurance Contributions Act (4 of 2002)

279

United Kingdom

(i) Legislation (Acts and Bills)

Bankruptcy Act 1542

4, 12, 58

Bankruptcy Act 1623

33

Bankruptcy Act 1831

14

Bankruptcy Act 1861

14

Bankruptcy Act 1883

14

Bankruptcy Act 1914

14

Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985

141

s2(4)

158

s3(1)

158

s5(2)-(2B)

165

s5(2)

165

s5(2B)

148

s7

165

s18

158

s31(1)

153

s32(2)

154-155

s32(2A)

155

s32(3)

155

s32(6)

153

s33(1)

142, 149

s33(1)(a)-(aa)

153

s34

153

s35

153

s36

153

ss36A-F

153

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s37

151

ss54-55

146

s54(3)

147

s55(2)

146

s55(2)(e)

158

s55(3)

147

s56

146

s61

153

s64(1)

158

Schedule 2A

158

Schedule 4

146

Schedule 5

142

Paragraph 6

142

Paragraph 7

142

Companies Act 1862

8

Companies Act 1985

8, 87

s395

245

s425

85, 87, 108

s459

123

Companies Act 2006

67

s1282

240

Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908

s107(1)

247

Company Directors’ Disqualification Act 1986

147, 157

s11

147

Consumer Credit Act 2006

140

County Courts Act 1984

Part VI

142

s112(5)

143

s112(6)

143

s117

143

Debtors Act 1869

14, 17

Employment Rights Act 1996

314

Enterprise Act 2002

23-24, 65, 73, 88, 99, 102, 105, 109-110, 112, 133, 137,

142, 144, 147-149, 153, 157, 159, 161, 238, 241, 247, 257

s248

107

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s251

239

ss265-268

147

Enterprise Bill 2002

Chapter 10

109

Environmental Protection Act 1990

s78A

342

Insolvency Act 1986

14, 23, 67, 87, 107-108, 127, 314

Part I

87

Parts I-VII

14

Parts VIII-XI

14

Part VIII

141, 159

Part IX

141

Parts XII-XIX

15

ss1–251

14

s1A

87

s9(1)

107

s14(3)

126

s29(2)

73, 107, 111, 250

s45

239

s72A

102

s72A(4)

241

s175

239

s176A

240-241, 257

s176A(2)(a)

121

s214

31, 127

ss238-245

127

s239

127

s251

241, 245

ss252–385

14

s252

159

s253

141

s253(1)

141

s256(1)(a)

141

s256A

159

s256A(3)

141

ss257-258

141

s258(2)-(5)

148

s259

141

s260

141

s261

142

s262

141

s263(3)-(5)

141

ss263A-G

142

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s264(1)(c)

148

s276

148

s279

147

s279(3)-(4)

146

s281

146

s281(2)

146

s281A

157

s283(1)

152

s283(2)

152

s283A

153

s284

152

s285(3)

151

s289(1)

156

s289(2)

156

s306

152

s307

152

s308

152

ss310-310A

150, 154

s310(2)

155

s310(7)-(9)

154

s310A

159

ss339-344

152

s360

31

s382(1)(a)

146

s382(4)

146

ss386–444

15

s426

51, 151

Schedule A1

87

Schedule B1

88, 111, 119, 121

Paragraph 2

88

Paragraph 3

98, 111, 125

Paragraph 3(1)(a)

121, 240

Paragraph 3(1)(b)

121, 240

Paragraph 3(1)(c)

240

Paragraph 3(2)

113

Paragraph 8

95

Paragraph 8(1)(b)

103

Paragraphs 10-12

107

Paragraph 11

88, 98

Paragraph 12

98

Paragraph 12(1)

110

Paragraph 12(1)(a)-(c)

114

Paragraph 12(1)(c)

116

Paragraph 12(4)

116

Paragraph 14

88, 102, 109, 113-114, 116, 241

Paragraph 14(3)

88, 102

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Paragraph 15

102

Paragraph 19

115

Paragraph 22

88, 109, 113-115

Paragraph 23

114

Paragraph 26

88, 100, 115

Paragraph 27

88

Paragraph 27(1)

115

Paragraph 28(2)

115

Paragraph 30

115

Paragraph 31

115

Paragraph 35

114

Paragraph 36

116

Paragraph 36(1)(b)

116

Paragraph 37

95, 98, 103, 116

Paragraph 38

95-96, 98, 117

Paragraph 43

112, 262

Paragraph 44

112

Paragraph 44(2)-(4)

113

Paragraph 49(5)(b)

117

Paragraph 51(2)

118

Paragraph 51(2)(a)

119

Paragraph 51(2)(b)

119

Paragraph 52(1)

121

Paragraph 52(2)

120-121

Paragraph 53(1)(a)

125

Paragraph 53(3)

125

Paragraph 55

124, 126

Paragraph 55(2)

129

Paragraph 56(1)

120-121

Paragraph 58(1)

121

Paragraph 61

112

Paragraph 62

121

Paragraph 63

125-126

Paragraph 65(2)

239

Paragraph 68(2)

126

Paragraph 68(3)

126

Paragraph 69

112

Paragraph 70

240

Paragraph 70(3)

240

Paragraph 71

124

Paragraph 72(1)

262

Paragraph 72(3)

262

Paragraph 74

123

Paragraph 74(1)(a)

240

Paragraph 74(4)(d)

129

Paragraph 75

124

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Paragraph 76

113

Paragraph 76(2)(a)

113, 126

Paragraph 76(2)(b)

113

Paragraph 77

114

Paragraph 77(1)(b)

126-127

Paragraph 79

124, 126, 129

Paragraph 79(1)

113

Paragraph 80

128

Paragraph 80(2)

119

Paragraph 80(3)

113

Paragraph 81

129

Paragraph 81(1)

113

Paragraph 82

129

Paragraph 82(3)(a)

113

Paragraph 83

129

Paragraph 83(1)

129

Paragraph 83(3)-(5)

129

Paragraph 83(6)(a)

113

Paragraph 84

130

Paragraph 84(2)

130

Paragraph 84(4)

113

Paragraph 88

124

Paragraph 88(1)

120

Paragraph 92

120

Paragraph 93(1)

120

Paragraph 94(1)

120

Paragraph 95

124

Paragraph 97

120

Paragraph 99(3)

240

Paragraph 107

119

Paragraph 108

119

Paragraph 111

245, 262

Schedule 4

97

Schedule 4A

157

Insolvency Act 2000

23-24, 141

s3

159

Schedule 3

159

Joint Stock Companies Acts 1844

7-8

Limited Liability Act 1855

8

Pensions Act 2004

328

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Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy Act 1888

s1

239

Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act 1897

246

Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999

s11

153

s12

153

s13

153

(ii) Legislation (Acts and Bills): Devolved

Bankruptcy and Diligence etc

(Scotland) Act 2007

138, 144, 146-147, 153, 158, 160, 166

s2

158

s19(2)

153

Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002

153

Part I

143, 165

Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill

162, 164

(iii) Statutory Instruments

Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1030)

54, 151

Insolvency Rules 1986 (SI 1986/1925)

Rule 2.114(1)(3)

126

Rule 4.90

242

Rule 5.23

141

Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Bankruptcy) (No 2) Regulations

2002 (SI 2002/836)

153

(iv) Statutory Instruments: Devolved

Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (SSI 2004/468)

Regulation 22(1)

143

Regulation 26(1)

143

Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007

(SSI 2007/262)

149

United States

Banking Act 1933

228

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Bankruptcy Act 1800

16, 18

Bankruptcy Act 1841

16

Bankruptcy Code 1978

Chapter 7

73, 90, 94-95, 147, 169

Chapter 11

23-25, 37, 84, 90-91, 93-95, 99, 105, 112-113,

118, 122, 326-327

Chapter 13

170

Chapter 15

54

s101

90

s109

90

s301

90, 93

s303

90, 93

s304

51

s304(c)

51

s365(n)

395

s507(a)(4)

309

s523

147

s706

95

s706(a)

95

s727

147

s727(8)

147

s1112

95

s1112(b)

90

s1113

327

Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974

326

s4041 (29 USC §1341)

327

s4042 (29 USC §1342)

327

s4042a (29 USC §1342a)

327

Federal Deposit Insurance Act 1950

s1821(d)(11)(ii))

229

Tax Code

s401(k)

324