Banking Act 2009

155Disqualification of directorsU.K.

(1)In this section “the Disqualification Act” means the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

(2)In the Disqualification Act—

(a)a reference to liquidation includes a reference to bank administration,

(b)a reference to winding up includes a reference to making or being subject to a bank administration order,

(c)a reference to becoming insolvent includes a reference to becoming subject to a bank administration order, and

(d)a reference to a liquidator includes a reference to a bank administrator.

[F1(3)For the purposes of the application of section 7A of the Disqualification Act (office-holder’s report on conduct of directors) to a bank which is subject to a bank administration order—

(a)the “office-holder” is the bank administrator;

(b)the “insolvency date” means the date on which the bank administration order is made; and

(c)subsections (9) to (11) are omitted.]

(4)After section 21A of the Disqualification Act (bank insolvency–inserted by section 121 above) insert—

“21BBank administration

Section 155 of the Banking Act 2009 provides for this Act to apply in relation to bank administration as it applies in relation to liquidation.”