31.—(1) In subsection (1) of section 21 of the Banking Act (notification of new or increased control), for the words from the beginning to “unless” there shall be substituted the words “No person shall become a minority, 10 per cent., 20 per cent., 33 per cent., majority or principal shareholder controller, a parent controller or an indirect controller of an authorised institution unless”.
(2) After subsection (1) of section 22 of that Act (objection to new or increased control) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A) Before deciding whether or not to serve a notice of objection under this section in any case where—
(a)the person concerned is, or is a parent controller of, a credit institution which is for the time being authorised to act as such an institution by the relevant supervisory authority in another member State; and
(b)the notice under section 21 above stated an intention to become a parent controller,
the Bank shall consult that authority.”