Part 2SFloating charges

Prospective

Related further provisionS

49Industrial and provident societiesS

(1)For [F1section 62 (floating charges created by Scottish societies) of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014] (c. 48) substitute—

[F262Floating charges: Scotland

(1) Part 2 of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3) (“the 2007 Act”) applies to a registered society as it applies to an incorporated company.

(2)Subsection (3) applies where any assets of a registered society are subject to—

(a)a floating charge created under Part 2 of the 2007 Act (as applied by this section), and

(b)an agricultural charge created under Part 2 of the Agricultural Credits (Scotland) Act 1929.

(3)For the purposes of determining the relative ranking of those charges, the following provisions of the 2007 Act apply as if the agricultural charge were a floating charge created under Part 2 of that Act on the date of creation of the agricultural charge—

  • section 40(1) to (3) (including as subject to section 41(1) to (4)),

  • section 45(3)(c).].

(2)Section [F363] (filing of information relating to charges) of that Act is repealed.

(3)In section [F464 (notification of charges etc: Scotland)] of that Act—

[F5(a)for paragraph (a) of subsection (1) substitute—

(a)the giving to the FCA of notice of any security, except a floating charge, granted by a registered society over any of its assets;]

(b)the references to section [F663] of that Act are to be treated as references to that section as it had effect immediately before its repeal by subsection (2) above.