Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

365 [F1 Powers of FCA and PRA] to participate in proceedings. U.K.

(1) This section applies in relation to a company which—

(a) is being wound up voluntarily;

(b) is an authorised person [F2 or recognised investment exchange]; and

(c) is not an insurer effecting or carrying out contracts of long-term insurance.

(2) The [F3 appropriate regulator] may apply to the court under section 112 of the 1986 Act (or Article 98 of the 1989 Order) in respect of the company.

(3) The [F3 appropriate regulator] is entitled to be heard at any hearing of the court in relation to the voluntary winding up of the company.

(4) Any notice or other document required to be sent to a creditor of the company must also be sent to the [F3 appropriate regulator].

(5) A person appointed for the purpose by the [F3 appropriate regulator] is entitled—

(a) to attend any meeting of creditors of the company summoned under any enactment;

(b) to attend any meeting of a committee established under section 101 of the 1986 Act (or Article 87 of the 1989 Order); and

(c) to make representations as to any matter for decision at such a meeting.

[F4 (5A) The appropriate regulator or a person appointed by the appropriate regulator is entitled to participate in (but not vote in) a qualifying decision procedure by which a decision about any matter is sought from the creditors of the company.]

(6) The voluntary winding up of the company does not bar the right of the [F3 appropriate regulator] to have it wound up by the court.

(7) If, during the course of the winding up of the company, a compromise or arrangement [F5 in relation to which Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 applies] is proposed between the company and its creditors, or any class of them, the [F3 appropriate regulator] may apply to the court under [F6 section 896 or 899 of [F7 that Act]].

[F8 (7A) If, during the course of the winding up of the company, a compromise or arrangement in relation to which Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 applies is proposed between the company and its creditors, or any class of them, the appropriate regulator may apply to the court under section 901C or 901F of that Act.]

[F9 (8) “The appropriate regulator” means—

(a) where the company is a PRA-authorised person, each of the FCA and the PRA, except that the references in subsections (5) and (5A) to a person appointed by the appropriate regulator are to be read as references to a person appointed by either the FCA or the PRA;

(b) in any other case, the FCA.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 365 heading substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 14 para. 12(5) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F2 Words in s. 365(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 14 para. 12(2) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F3 Words in s. 365(2)-(7) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 14 para. 12(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F4 S. 365(5A) inserted (13.3.2018) by The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/208), regs. 1(3), 4(5)(a) (with reg. 17)

F5 Words in s. 365(7) inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(4)(a)(i) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))

F6 Words in s. 365(7) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 211(4) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)

F7 Words in s. 365(7) substituted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(4)(a)(ii) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))

F8 S. 365(7A) inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(4)(b) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))

F9 S. 365(8) substituted (13.3.2018) by The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/208), regs. 1(3), 4(5)(b) (with reg. 17)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 365 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1090, regs. 1, 6

C2 Ss. 361-365 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (13.9.2004) by Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/307), reg. 6