This section has effect for determining for the purposes of this Act whether, in any financial year, a building society has a “qualifying asset holding”.

A building society has a qualifying asset holding in any financial year, if, and only if, the aggregate value of its total commercial assets, as shown in its annual accounts for the previous year, is not less than £100 million or such other amount as may be substituted for it under subsection (3) below.

The Commission, with the consent of the Treasury, may by order made by statutory instrument substitute for the amount for the time being specified in subsection (2) above such other amount as the Commission considers appropriate.

An order under subsection (3) above may contain such transitional provisions as the Commission considers necessary or expedient.

An instrument containing an order under subsection (3) above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.