The Insolvency Regulations 1994

means any authorised institution in England and Wales within the meaning of the Banking Act 1987 or a European deposit-taker as defined in regulation 82(3) of the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 that is to say a European authorised institution which has lawfully established a branch in the United Kingdom for the purpose of accepting deposits;

means the bankrupt or his estate;

means the company which is being wound up;

means, in the case of a winding up by the court, any committee established under section 141 and, in the case of a creditors' voluntary winding up, any committee established under section 101;

includes, in the case of a company being wound up by the court, the official receiver when so acting;

means any bank in, or in the neighbourhood of, the insolvency district, or the district in respect of which the court has winding-up jurisdiction, in which the proceedings are taken, or in the locality in which any business of the company or, as the case may be, the bankrupt is carried on;

means, in the case of a winding up by the court, a current account opened with a local bank under regulation 6(2) below and, in the case of a bankruptcy, a current account opened with a local bank under regulation 21(1) below;

means a cheque or payable order;

means the Insolvency Regulations 1986 as amended by the Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 1987, the Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and the Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 1991.

means the Insolvency Rules 1986;