Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. VII (ss. 221–262) applied with modifications by S.I. 1985/680, regs. 4–6, Sch.
C2Part VII (ss. 221-262) continued by S.I. 1990/355, arts. 6, 7, Sch. 2 para. 13(1)(a)
C3Part VII (ss. 221-262) amended by S.I. 1990/355, arts. 6, 7, Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(5)
C4Part VII (ss. 221-262) extended by S.I. 1990/355, arts. 6, 7, Sch. 2 para. 1(3)(5)
C5Part VII (ss. 221-262) modified by S.I. 1990/355, arts. 6, 7, Sch. 2 paras. 1(4)(5), 3(2)(3)
C6Part VII (ss. 221-262) excluded by S.I. 1990/355, arts. 6, 7, Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(3)
C7Part VII (ss. 221-262) restricted by S.I. 1990/355, arts. 6, 7, Sch. 2 para. 13(1)(b)
Pt. VII (ss. 221-262) applied (with modifications) (21.7.1993) by S.I. 1993/1820, reg. 4, Sch. paras.1, 2 (as amended (1.10.2005) by S.I. 2005/1987, reg. 3)
Pt. VII (ss. 221-262) applied (with modifications) (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1090, reg. 3, Sch. 1 (as amended (4.3.2004) by S.I. 2004/355, art. 8, (1.10.2005) by S.I. 2005/1989, reg. 2, Sch. 1 and (12.1.2006) by S.I. 2005/3442, reg. 2(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 3(1))
C8Pt. 7 (ss. 221-262) modified (1.8.2007) by The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1949), regs. 6, 7, Sch. Pt. 1
(1)A banking company shall prepare its individual accounts in accordance with Part I of Schedule 9 rather than Schedule 4.
(2)An insurance company [F2shall] prepare its individual accounts in accordance with Part I of Schedule 9A rather than Schedule 4.
(3)Accounts so prepared shall contain a statement that they are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of this Part relating to banking companies or to insurance companies, as the case may be.
(4)In relation to the preparation of individual accounts in accordance with the special provisions of this Part, the references to Schedule 4 in section 226(4) and (5) (relationship between specific requirements and duty to give true and fair view) shall be read as references to the provisions of Part I of Schedule 9, in the case of the accounts of banking companies, or to the provisions of Part I of Schedule 9A, in the case of the accounts of insurance companies.
F3(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 255-255B substituted (2.12.1991) by S.I. 1991/2705, regs. 3, 9.
F2Word in s. 255(2) substituted (19.12.1993) by S.I. 1993/3246, regs. 2(1), 6, 7
F3S. 255(5) omitted (19.12.1993) by S.I. 1993/3246, regs. 2(2), 6, 7
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C9S. 255 modified (temp.) (in force in accordance with s. 3 of the amending Act) by 1999 c. iv, ss. 3, 7(6)
C10S. 255 extended (with modifications) (19.12.1993) by S.I. 1993/3245, reg.3
(1)The parent company of a banking group shall prepare group accounts in accordance with the provisions of this Part as modified by Part II of Schedule 9.
(2)The parent company of an insurance group [F5shall] prepare group accounts in accordance with the provisions of this Part as modified by Part II of Schedule 9A.
(3)Accounts so prepared shall contain a statement that they are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of this Part relating to banking groups or to insurance groups, as the case may be.
[F6(4)References in this Part to a banking group are to a group where the parent company is a banking company or where—
(a)the parent company’s principal subsidiary undertakings are wholly or mainly credit institutions, and
(b)the parent company does not itself carry on any material business apart from the acquisition, management and disposal of interests in subsidiary undertakings.
(5)References in this Part to an insurance group are to a group where the parent company is an insurance company or where —
(a)the parent company’s principal subsidiary undertakings are wholly or mainly insurance companies, and
(b)the parent company does not itself carry on any material business apart from the acquisition, management and disposal of interests in subsidiary undertakings.
(5A)For the purposes of subsections (4) and (5) above—
(a)a parent company’s principal subsidiary undertakings are the subsidiary undertakings of the company whose results or financial position would principally affect the figures shown in the group accounts, and
(b)the management of interests in subsidiary undertakings includes the provision of services to such undertakings.]
(6)In relation to the preparation of group accounts in accordance with the special provisions of this Part:
(a)the references to the provisions of Schedule 4A in section 227(5) and (6) (relationship between specific requirements and duty to give true and fair view) shall be read as references to those provisions as modified by Part II of Schedule 9, in the case of the group accounts of a banking group, or Part II of Schedule 9A, in the case of the group accounts of an insurance group; and
(b)the reference to paragraphs 52 to 57 of Schedule 4 in section 230(2) (relief from obligation to comply with those paragraphs where group accounts prepared) shall be read as a reference to paragraphs [F775 to 77], 80 and 81 of Part I of Schedule 9, in the case of the group accounts of a banking group [F8, and as a reference to paragraphs 73, 74, 79 and 80 of Part I of Schedule 9A, in the case of the group accounts of an insurance group]..
F9(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F4Ss. 255-255B substituted (2.12.1991) by S.I. 1991/2705, regs. 3, 9.
F5Word in s. 255A substituted (19.12.1993) by S.I. 1993/3246, regs. 3(1), 6, 7
F6S. 255A(4)-(5A) substituted (19.12.1993) for s. 255A(4)(5) by S.I. 1993/3246, regs. 3(2), 6, 7
F7Words in s. 255A(6)(b) substituted (2.2.1996) by S.I. 1996/189, reg. 15(2)
F8Words in s. 255A(6) inserted (19.12.1993) by S.I. 1993/3246, regs. 3(3), 6, 7
F9S. 255A(7) omitted (19.12.1993) by S.I. 1993/3246, regs. 3(4), 6, 7
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C11S. 255A extended (with modifications) (19.12.1993) by S.I. 1993/3245, reg. 3
(1)In relation to a banking company, or the [F11parent company of a banking group], the provisions of Schedule 5 (Disclosure of information: related undertakings) have effect subject to Part III of Schedule 9.
(2)In relation to a banking company, or the [F12holding company of a credit institution], the provisions of Schedule 6 (Disclosure of information: emoluments and other benefits of directors and others) have effect subject to Part IV of Schedule 9.
Textual Amendments
F10Ss. 255-255B substituted (2.12.1991) by S.I. 1991/2705, regs. 3, 9.
F11Words in s. 255B(1) substituted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3178, reg. 6.
F12Words in s. 255B(2) substituted (28.2.1994) by S.I. 1994/233, reg. 3
Textual Amendments
F13S. 255C omitted (19.12.1993) by S.I. 1993/3246, regs. 5(1), 6, 7, Sch. 2 para.3
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations apply to banking partnerships, subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as he considers appropriate, the provisions of this Part applying to banking companies.
[F15(2)A “banking partnership” means a partnership which has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
(2A)But a partnership is not a banking partnership if it has permission to accept deposits only for the purpose of carrying on another regulated activity in accordance with that permission.]
(3)Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument.
(4)No regulations under this section shall be made unless a draft of the instrument containing the regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.
[F16(5)Subsections (2) and (2A) must be read with—
(a)section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
(b)any relevant order under that section; and
(c)Schedule 2 to that Act.]]
Textual Amendments
F14New s. 255D inserted (subject to the saving and transitional provisions in S.I. 1990/355, arts. 6–9, Sch. 2) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 1, 18(2), 213(2) as part of the text inserted in place of ss. 221–262 (as mentioned in s. 1(a) of the 1989 Act)
F15S. 255D(2)(2A) substituted (1.12.2001) for s. 255D(2) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 16(1)
F16S. 255D(5) inserted (1.12.2001) for s. 255D(5) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 16(2)