Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024

Amendment of section 444 of Principal Act

28. Section 444 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(2A) In fixing the amount to be paid by way of remuneration to a receiver under subsection (2), the court shall take the following into account:

(a) the time properly required to be given by the person as receiver and by his or her assistants in attending to the company’s affairs;

(b) the complexity (or otherwise) of the case;

(c) any respects in which, in connection with the company’s affairs, there falls on the receiver any responsibility of an exceptional kind or degree;

(d) the effectiveness with which the receiver appears to be carrying out, or to have carried out, his or her duties;

(e) the value and nature of the property with which the receiver has to deal.”.