Part 4: Social Housing in England Chapter 5: Insolvency of Registered Providers of Social Housing Restrictions on other insolvency procedures Section 107: Administrator appointments by creditors
This section deals with circumstances where secured creditors, directors or other applicable officers of the registered provider seek to appoint an administrator under paragraphs 14 or 22 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (powers to appoint administrators).
	Subsection (2) states that a person may not take any step to make such an appointment when:
a housing administration order is in force in relation to the registered provider;
a housing administration order has been made in relation to the registered provider but is not yet in force; or
an application for a housing administration order in relation to the registered provider is outstanding.
	Subsection (3) sets out that in any other case, an appointment of an administrator takes effect only if each of the conditions in subsection (4) are met. The conditions are:
either that notice of the appointment has been given to the Regulator of Social Housing, accompanied by a copy of every document in relation to the appointment that is filed or lodged with the court in accordance with paragraph 18 or 29 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and a period of 28 days has elapsed since that notice was given;
the Regulator of Social Housing has waived the notice requirement; or
that there is no outstanding application to the court for a housing administration order in relation to the registered provider; and
that the making of an application for a housing administration order in relation to the registered provider has not resulted in the making of a housing administration order which is in force or is still to come into force.
	Subsection (5) provides that the Regulator of Social Housing must give the Secretary of State a copy of any notice given under subsection (4)(a) and subsection (6) provides that the Regulator of Social Housing may only waive the notice requirement in subsection (4)(a) if it has the Secretary of State's consent.
	Subsection (7) makes it clear that paragraph 44 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (interim moratorium) does not prevent or require the permission of the court for the making of an application for a housing administration order at any time before the appointment takes effect.