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239C: Interpretation of other terms
or “Explaining key terms used in the Companies Act 1993”

You could also call this:

“When a company's voluntary administration process starts”

When a company goes into voluntary administration, it starts as soon as an administrator is appointed. This appointment happens under a specific part of the Companies Act 1993. The administrator is someone who takes over running the company during this time. You can think of it like a doctor coming in to help a sick person get better. As soon as the doctor (administrator) arrives, the treatment (administration) begins.

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Next up: 239E: When administration ends

or “Ways a company's voluntary administration can end”

Part 15A Voluntary administration
Preliminary

239DWhen administration begins

  1. The administration of a company begins when an administrator is appointed under this Part.

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    Notes
    • Section 239D: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Companies Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 56).