Section 166(8A)

This subsection is satisfied in the case of an employer if— a request has been made for the first opening of collective proceedings— based on the insolvency of the employer, as provided for under the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of a member State, and involving the partial or total divestment of the employer’s assets and the appointment of a liquidator or a person performing a similar task, and the competent authority has— decided to open the proceedings, or established that the employer’s undertaking or business has been definitively closed down and the available assets of the employer are insufficient to warrant the opening of the proceedings.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04 · Text as consolidated on 2026-07-29; changes after this date are not shown.