Commentary on Sections Introduction Section 137: Objectives
320.The bank administrator has specific statutory objectives. First, either to provide support to the bridge bank or private sector purchaser. Once such support is no longer required, the objective is to achieve either of the two principle aims of an ordinary administration - either to rescue the company as a going concern or to achieve a better result for creditors than in an immediate liquidation.
321.Subsection (2) provides that, while objective 1 has priority, there are some elements of an ordinary administration that may be begun immediately where they do not conflict with the primary objective, and subsection (2) therefore obliges a bank administrator to pursue both of the objectives in parallel.