(1) An application to the court for a special administration order may be made to the court by -

(a) the institution,

(b) the directors of the institution,

(c) one or more creditors of the institution,

(d) the designated officer for a magistrates' court in the exercise of the power conferred by section 87A of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 [1980 c. 43.], in England and Wales,

(da) in Northern Ireland, the chief clerk in the exercise of the power conferred by section 35(4A) of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 [1945 c. 15. Subsection (4A) was inserted by S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I. 15), and amended by S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10).],

(db) in Northern Ireland, a clerk of petty sessions in exercise of the power conferred by Article 92A of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 [S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26). Article 92A was inserted by S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I. 15), and amended by S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10), and paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 2 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) (c. 21).],"

(e) a contributory of the institution, subject to paragraph (7),