(1) This Chapter applies to any company if -
(a) at the date of the commencement of its winding-up it is proved to the court, or
(b) at any time during the course of its winding-up the liquidator of the company certifies, or it is otherwise proved, to the court,
that it is unable to pay its debts (within the meaning of section 214 of the Principal Act).
(2) This Chapter applies to any person who was a director of a company to which this section applies at the date of, or within 12 months prior to, the commencement of its winding-up.
(3) This Chapter shall not apply to a company which commences to be wound up before the commencement of this section.
(4) In this Chapter "company" includes a company to which section 351 of the Principal Act applies.
(5) This Chapter applies to shadow directors as it applies to directors.