Building Societies Act 1986

Part I U.K. General Mode of Application

1 U.K. The enactments which comprise the companies winding up legislation (referred to in this Schedule as “the enactments”) are the provisions of—

(a) Parts IV, VI, VII [F1 , XII and XIII] of the M1 Insolvency Act 1986, or

[F2 (b) Articles 5 to 8 of Part I and Parts V, VII and XI of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; or]

and, in so far as they relate to offences under any such enactment, sections 430 and 432 of, and Schedule 10 to, the Insolvency Act 1986 or [F3 Articles 2(6) and 373 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), s. 211(2)(a) (subject to a saving as referred to in S.I. 1990/1392, art. 4(a))

F2 Sch. 15 para. 1(b) substituted (N.I.) (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19), arts. 2(1), 381, Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 45(a)(i); S.R. 1991/411, art. 2

F3 Words in Sch. 15 para. 1 substituted (N.I.) (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19), arts. 2(1), 381, Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 45(a)(ii); S.R. 1991/411, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1986 c. 45

2 U.K. Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, the enactments apply to the winding up of building societies as they apply to the winding up of companies limited by shares and registered under the M2 Companies Act 1985 or (as the case may be) the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.

Marginal Citations

M2 1985 c. 6.

3 (1) The enactments shall, in their application to building societies, have effect with the substitution— U.K.

[F4 (aa) every reference to a company registered in Scotland shall have effect as a reference to a building society whose principal office is situated in Scotland;]

[F5 (aa) every reference to a company registered in Scotland shall have effect as a reference to a building society whose registered office is situated in Scotland;]

(a) for “company” of “ building society ”;

(b) for “the registrar of companies” or “the registrar” of “ [F6 Financial Services Authority] ”;

(c) for “the articles” of “ the rules ”; and

(d) for “registered office” of “ principal office ”.

(2) In the application of the enactments to building societies—

(a) every reference to the officers, or to a particular officer, of a company shall have effect as a reference to the officers, or to the corresponding officer, of the building society and as including a person holding himself out as such an officer; and

[F7 (b) every reference to an administrative receiver shall be omitted.]

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch 15 para. 3(2)(aa) inserted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649 arts. 1, 200(1)

F5 Sch. 15 para. 3(2)(aa) inserted (17.8.2001 for specified purposes, 1.12.2001 in so far as not already in force) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8, 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 209(b) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2

F6 Words in Sch. 15 para. 3(1)(b) substituted (17.8.2001 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8, 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 209(a) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2

F7 Sch. 15 para. 3(2)(b) substituted (1.12.1997) by 1997 c. 32, s. 43, Sch. 7 para. 65; S.I. 1997/2668, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I(j)(l)(xix)

4 (1) Where any of the enactments as applied to building societies requires a notice or other document to be sent to the [F8 Authority], it shall have effect as if it required the [F8 Authority] to keep the notice or document in the public file of the society concerned and to record in that file the date on which the notice or document is placed in it. U.K.

(2) Where any of the enactments, as so applied, refers to the registration, or to the date of registration, of such a notice or document, that enactment shall have effect as if it referred to the placing of the notice or document in the public file or (as the case may be) to the date on which it was placed there.

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Sch. 15 para. 4(1) substituted (17.8.2001 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2, 8, 13(1), Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 209(c) (with art. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2

5 U.K. Any enactment which specifies a money sum altered by order under section 416 of the M3 Insolvency Act 1986, or, as the case may be, [F9 Article 362 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989], (powers to alter monetary limits) applies with the effect of the alteration.

Textual Amendments

F9 Words in Sch. 15 para. 5 substituted (N.I.) (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19), arts. 2(1), 381, Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 45(b); S.R. 1991/411, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M3 1986 c. 45.