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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 8 December 2017 - onwards
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Regulation 89 Invalidity of certain transactions involving directors

(1) This regulation applies where -

(a) a protected cell company enters into a transaction;

(b) the parties to the transaction include a director of the protected cell company or an associate of such a director; and

(c) the directors of the protected cell company (whether or not acting as a board) exceed their powers under the protected cell company's instrument of incorporation in connection with the transaction.

(2) The transaction referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is voidable at the instance of the protected cell company.

(3) Whether or not the transaction is avoided, the director or associate referred to in paragraph (1)(b) and any other director who authorised the transaction is liable -

(a) to account to the protected cell company for any gain which the director or associate made, directly or indirectly, from the transaction; and

(b) to indemnify the protected cell company for any loss or damage resulting from the transaction.

(4) The transaction ceases to be voidable if -

(a) restitution of the money or other asset which was the subject matter of the transaction is no longer possible;