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Banking Act 2009

Section 84: Application of Part 1: general

226.This section applies the SRR sections (with modifications) to building societies. The table sets out these provisions where modifications are made, namely that for a private sector purchaser of a building society a share transfer instrument cannot be made, that there is a separate provision for the temporary public sector ownership tool and that a property instrument for building societies may cancel shares in the building society may confer rights and impose liabilities in place of the cancelled shares and deemed shares, and also confer rights and impose liabilities through actual or deemed shares in a building society.

227.It also provides that a property transfer instrument may have effect without causing parts of the Building Societies Act 1986 to apply (see section 34). A compensation scheme order or a third party compensation order may be made to compensate a building society and its creditors. However, a resolution fund order may not be made for temporary public sector ownership of building societies.

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