Building Societies Act 1986

[F19BRestriction on creation of floating charges.U.K.

(1)A building society shall not create a floating charge on the whole or part of its undertaking or property [F2unless it complies with the requirements in subsection (1A)] .

[F3(1A)The requirements are that the floating charge—

(a)is created in favour of a participant in a system, and

(b)is created for the purpose of securing any rights and obligations that may arise in connection with participation in that system.]

(2)A floating charge created in contravention of this section shall be void.]

[F4(3)In this section “participant” and “system” have the meaning given by Article 2 of Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19th May 1998 on settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems (as amended by Directives 2009/44/EC and 2010/78/EU).]