Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Winding Up
170. Property and proceedings
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Any attachment, sequestration, distress or enforcement order put in force against the estate or effects of the company after the commencement of a creditors’ voluntary winding up is, unless the Court otherwise orders, void.
company
“company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;
After the commencement of the winding up, no action or proceeding may be proceeded with or commenced against the company except by the permission of the Court and subject to such terms as the Court may impose.
commencement of the winding up
“commencement of the winding up”, in relation to a company, means —(a)in a case where the company is being wound up under an order of the Court made at a time when the company was being wound up voluntarily — the time of the commencement of the voluntary winding up as determined in accordance with paragraph (d) or (e);(b)in a case where a company is being wound up under an order of the Court on an application made while the company was in judicial management — the time of the commencement of the judicial management as determined in accordance with this section;(c)in a case where a company is being wound up under an order of the Court in any other case — the time of the making of the winding up application;(d)in a case where the company is being wound up voluntarily and a provisional liquidator has been appointed before the resolution for voluntary winding up was passed — the time when the declaration mentioned in section 161(1) was lodged with the Registrar of Companies; or(e)in any other case where the company is being wound up voluntarily — the time of the passing of the resolution for voluntary winding up.