Insolvency Act 1986

[F115C[F2(A1)In paragraph 15AA “the scheme manager” has the meaning given in section 212(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.]E+W+S

(1)In [F3paragraphs 15B to 15BB]eligible deposit” means a deposit in respect of which the person, or any of the persons, to whom it is owed would be eligible for compensation under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

(2)For [F4the purposes of those paragraphs and this paragraph] a “deposit” means rights of the kind described in—

(a)paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (deposits), or

(b)section 1(2)(b) of the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 (balances transferred under that Act to authorised reclaim fund).]

[F5(3)In paragraphs 15BA and 15BB, “eligible person” means—

(a)an individual, or

(b)a micro-enterprise, a small enterprise or a medium-sized enterprise, each of those terms having the meaning given in Article 2.1(107) of Directive 2014/59/EU of 15th May 2014 establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms.

(4)In paragraph 15BB—

(a)“credit institution” has the meaning given in Article 4.1(1) of the capital requirements regulation;

(b)EEA branch” means a branch, as defined in Article 4.1(17) of the capital requirements regulation, which is established in an EEA state;

(c)“non-EEA branch” means a branch, as so defined, which is established in a country which is not an EEA state;

and for this purpose “the capital requirements regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 [F6, as it had effect on the day on which the Bank Recovery and Resolution and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 were made].]