Singapore legislation

Clause 455

of Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Bill

Clause 455

Amendment of Bus Services Industry Act 2015

The Bus Services Industry Act 2015 (Act 30 of 2015) is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (b) of section 21(1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)no judicial manager may be appointed under Part 7 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 in relation to the company;”;

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (c) of section 21(1) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(d)no application under section 210 of the Companies Act or section 71 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 may be made by any person in relation to the company, unless that person has served 14 days’ written notice of that person’s intention to make the application on the LTA.”;

(c)

by deleting subsection (2) of section 21 and substituting the following subsection:“(2) The LTA must be a party to —

(a)

any proceedings under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 relating to the winding up of the affairs of a company that is a public bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence; or

(b)

any proceedings relating to the making of an order under section 210 of the Companies Act or section 71 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 in relation to a company that is a public bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence.”;

(d)

by deleting the words “Part VIIIA of the Companies Act (Cap. 50)” in section 33(1) and substituting the words “Part 7 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018”; and

(e)

by deleting the words “section 254(2) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50)” in section 39(10) and substituting the words “section 125(2) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018”.

Clause 455 — Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Bill