Section 312 — Companies Act 1993: Preferential claims

312 Preferential claims (1) The liquidator must pay out of the assets of the company the expenses, fees, and claims set out in Schedule 7 to this Act to the extent and in the order of priority specified in that Schedule and that Schedule applies to the payment of those expenses, fees, and claims according to its tenor. (2) Without limiting clause 2(1)(b) of Schedule 7 to this Act, the term assets in subsection (1) of this section does not include assets subject to a charge unless the charge is surrendered or taken to be surrendered or redeemed under section 305 of this Act. Section 312(2): amended, on 1 November 2007, by section 38 of the Companies Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 56).