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The Banking Act 2009 (Restriction of Partial Property Transfers) Order 2009

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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Banking Act 2009 (Restriction of Partial Property Transfers) Order 2009.

(2) This Order comes into force on 21st February 2009.

(3) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Banking Act 2009;

“the Bank” means the Bank of England;

“banking institution” means—

(a)

a bank (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Act)(1);

(b)

an undertaking which was a bank immediately before the making of a share transfer order under section 13(2) of the Act;

(c)

a bridge bank(2);

(d)

a building society (within the meaning of section 119 of the Building Societies Act 1986(3)); or

(e)

a holding company(4);

“continuity powers” means the powers conferred by section 64(2) of the Act (including that subsection as applied by sections 65(2) and 83(2)(f) of the Act) and section 67(2) of the Act (including that subsection as applied by sections 68(2) and 83(2)(f) of the Act);

“deposit” has the meaning given by article 5 of the Regulated Activities Order(5) (disregarding the exclusions in articles 6 to 9AA of that Order(6));

“eligible claimant” has the meaning given by rule 4.2.1 of the Compensation Sourcebook made by the Financial Services Authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(7);

“excluded rights” means rights—

(a)

which relate to a retail deposit made with a banking institution;

(b)

which relate to a retail liability owed to a banking institution;

(c)

which relate to a contract which was entered into by or on behalf of a banking institution otherwise than in the course of carrying on of an activity which relates solely to relevant financial instruments;

(d)

which relate to a claim for damages, an award of damages or a claim under an indemnity which arose in connection with the carrying on by a banking institution of an activity which relates solely to relevant financial instruments; or

(e)

which relate to subordinated debt;

and “excluded liabilities” shall be interpreted accordingly;

“financial instrument” means any instrument listed in Section C of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments(8), read with Chapter VI of the Commission Regulation 1287/2006/EC(9);

“Regulated Activities Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001(10));

“relevant authority” means—

(f)

in relation to Case 1 or 2 (as specified in article 2(2) and (3)), the Bank;

(g)

in relation to Case 3 (as specified in article 2(4)), the Treasury;

“relevant financial instrument” means—

(h)

a financial instrument;

(i)

a deposit;

(j)

a loan; or

(k)

an instrument which falls within article 77 of the Regulated Activities Order (disregarding the exclusions in article 77(2)(b) to (d));

“retail deposit” means a deposit in relation to which the condition in paragraph (a) or (b) is satisfied—

(l)

the depositor is an eligible claimant; or

(m)

the deposit is held in an account of a particular class or brand provided by a particular banking institution which either—

(i)

is mainly used by eligible claimants; or

(ii)

has been mainly marketed by the banking institution to eligible claimants;

“retail liability” means a liability which is owed to a banking institution by an eligible claimant;

“title transfer financial collateral arrangements” has the meaning given by regulation 3 of the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No 2) Regulations 2003(11).

(4) References in this Order to netting arrangements include—

(a)arrangements which provide for netting (within the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality) Regulations 1999(12)); and

(b)arrangements which include a close-out netting provision (within the meaning given by regulation 3 of the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No 2) Regulations 2003).

(1)

See section 2 of the Act.

(2)

“Bridge bank” is defined in section 12(1) of the Act. By virtue of section 11 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30), expressions used in this Order have, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning which they bear in the Banking Act 2009.

(4)

“Holding company” is defined in section 82(1) of the Act. By virtue of section 11 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30), expressions used in this Order have, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning which they bear in the Banking Act 2009.

(5)

Article 5 was amended by SI 2002/682.

(6)

Articles 6 to 9AA were amended by SI 2001/3544; SI 2002/682; SI 2002/1310; and SI 2002/1776.

(8)

OJ L145 30.4.2004 p.1.

(9)

OJ L241 2.9.2006 p.1.

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