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IntroductoryU.K.

111Financial market infrastructure administrationU.K.

This Part—

(a)provides for a procedure to be known as FMI administration, and

(b)restricts the powers of persons other than the Bank of England in relation to the insolvency of infrastructure companies.

Commencement Information

I1S. 111 in force at 13.7.2018 for E.W. by S.I. 2018/848, art. 2(c)

112Interpretation: infrastructure companiesU.K.

(1)In this Part “infrastructure company” has the meaning given by this section.

(2)Infrastructure company” means a company which is—

(a)the operator of a recognised F1... payment system, other than an operator excluded by subsection (3),

[F2(b)a recognised CSD operating a securities settlement system, or]

(c)a company designated by the Treasury under subsection (4).

(3)But a company is not an infrastructure company if it is a recognised central counterparty, as defined by section 285 of FSMA 2000.

(4)The Treasury may by order designate a company for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) if—

(a)the company provides services to a person falling within subsection (2)(a) or (b), and

(b)the Treasury are satisfied that an interruption in the provision of those services would have a serious adverse effect on the effective operation of the recognised F3... payment system or securities settlement system in question.

(5)An order under subsection (4) must specify the recognised F4... payment system or securities settlement system in connection with which the company is designated.

(6)Before designating a company under subsection (4), the Treasury must consult—

(a)the company to be designated,

(b)the person within subsection (2)(a) or (b) to whom the company provides services,

(c)the Bank of England,

(d)if the company is a PRA-authorised person, the PRA and the FCA, and

(e)if the company is an authorised person other than a PRA-authorised person, the FCA.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in s. 112(2)(a) omitted (27.6.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(2), Sch. 9 para. 41

F3Word in s. 112(4)(b) omitted (27.6.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(2), Sch. 9 para. 41

F4Word in s. 112(5) omitted (27.6.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(2), Sch. 9 para. 41

Commencement Information

I2S. 112 in force at 13.7.2018 for E.W. by S.I. 2018/848, art. 2(a)

113Interpretation: other expressionsU.K.

(1)In this Part—

  • company” means a company registered under the Companies Act 2006;

  • operator”, in relation to a recognised F5... payment system, is to be read in accordance with section 183 of the Banking Act 2009;

  • [F6“recognised CSD” has the meaning given by section 285 of FSMA 2000;]

  • recognised F7... payment system” means [F8a] payment system, as defined by section 182 of the Banking Act 2009, in respect of which a recognition order under section 184 of that Act is in force;

  • the relevant system” means—

    (a)

    in relation to an infrastructure company falling within subsection (2)(a) of section 112, the recognised F9... payment system,

    (b)

    in relation to an infrastructure company falling within subsection (2)(b) of that section, the securities settlement system,

    (c)

    in relation to a company designated under subsection (4) of that section, the recognised F9... payment system or securities settlement system falling within paragraph (b) of that subsection;

  • securities settlement system” means a computer-based system, and procedures, which enable title to units of a security to be evidenced and transferred without a written instrument, and which facilitate supplementary and incidental matters.

(2)Expressions used in the definition of “securities settlement system” in subsection (1) are to be read in accordance with section 783 of the Companies Act 2006.

Textual Amendments

F5Word in s. 113(1) omitted (27.6.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(2), Sch. 9 para. 42(a)

F7Word in s. 113(1) omitted (27.6.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(2), Sch. 9 para. 42(b)(i)

F8Word in s. 113(1) substituted (27.6.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(2), Sch. 9 para. 42(b)(ii)

F9Word in s. 113(1) omitted (27.6.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(2), Sch. 9 para. 42(c)

Commencement Information

I3S. 113 in force at 13.7.2018 for E.W. by S.I. 2018/848, art. 2(c)

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