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Banking Act 2009

23.This part also includes provisions relating to the governance of the Bank of England, including a new statutory financial stability objective and the establishment of a Financial Stability Committee (FSC) as a subcommittee of a smaller court of directors of the Bank. As part of the measures to permit short-term nondisclosure of the provision of emergency liquidity, the requirement for the Bank to publish a weekly return is removed. This part also covers greater information sharing between the Authorities and repeals the “funds attached” rule concerning Scottish cheques. Measures to widen the disapplication of the prohibition of building societies granting floating charges to central banks and arrangements regarding financial collateral are also covered in this section.

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