SCHEDULES

Part IIU.K. Confirmation by [F1appropriate authority]

Confirmation by [F2appropriate authority]: GeneralU.K.

8(1)Where an application is duly made for confirmation by the [F3appropriate authority] of an amalgamation, transfer of engagements or conversion, the [F3appropriate authority] shall confirm the amalgamation, transfer or conversion unless it is precluded from doing so by any of the following provisions of this Schedule.U.K.

(2)If it appears to the [F3appropriate authority], in relation to any amalgamation or transfer of engagements, that there is a substantial risk that the successor society or the person taking the transfer will not be able lawfully to carry out the engagements to be transferred to it under section 85(4) or 86(5) above, the [F3appropriate authority]—

(a)shall not confirm the amalgamation or transfer; and

(b)where it has confirmed the amalgamation or transfer, shall F4. . . withdraw its confirmation;

but it may not withdraw its confirmation on or after the transfer date for the amalgamation or transfer.

(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above, the [F3appropriate authority] may have regard to any requirements of the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom which appear to the [F3appropriate authority] to be relevant.