1.1 These Rules may be cited as the Railway Administration Order Rules 2001 and shall come into force on 7th October 2001.
1.2—(1) In these Rules—
“the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986;
“the 1993 Act” means the Railways Act 1993;
“the Companies Act” means the Companies Act 1985(1);
“CPR” means the Civil Procedure Rules 1998(2) and “CPR” followed by a Part or rule number means the Part or rule with that number in those Rules;
“the Department” means the Department of Trade and Industry;
“the Insolvency Rules” mean the Insolvency Rules 1986(3)
“RSC” followed by an Order and number means the Order with that number set out in Schedule 1 to the CPR; and
“the Rules” means the Railway Administration Order Rules 2001
(2) References in the Rules to ex parte hearings shall be construed as references to hearings without notice being served on any other party; references to applications made ex parte as references to applications made without notice being served on any other party and other references which include the expression “ex parte” shall be similarly construed.
(3) References to provisions of the 1986 Act are references to those provisions as applied by sections 59 to 62 and 65 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 1993 Act.
(4) Subject to paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), Part 10 of the Rules has effect for their interpretation and application.
1.3 The Rules apply in relation to protected railway companies which the courts in England and Wales have jurisdiction to wind up.