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11 Revocation of authorisation.U.K.

(1)The Bank may revoke the authorisation of an institution if it appears to the Bank that—

(a)any of the criteria specified in Schedule 3 to this Act is not or has not been fulfilled, or may not be or may not have been fulfilled, in respect of the institution;

(b)the institution has failed to comply with any obligation imposed on it by or under this Act;

(c)a person has become a controller of the institution in contravention of section 21 below or has become or remains a controller after being given a notice of objection under section 22, 23 or 24 below;

(d)the Bank has been provided with false, misleading or inaccurate information by or on behalf of the institution or, in connection with an application for authorisation, by or on behalf of a person who is or is to be a director, controller or manager of the institution; or

(e)the interests of depositors or potential depositors of the institution are in any other way threatened, whether by the manner in which the institution is conducting or proposes to conduct its affairs or for any other reason.

[F1(1A)The Bank may revoke the authorisation of a credit institution incorporated in or formed under the law of any part of the United Kingdom if—

(a)it appears to the Bank that the institution’s principal place of business is or may be outside the United Kingdom;

(b)it appears to the Bank that the institution has carried on in the United Kingdom or elsewhere a listed activity (other than the acceptance of deposits from the public) without having given prior notice to the Bank of its intention to do so;

(c)the Bank is informed by The Securities and Investments Board, or a connected UK authority having regulatory functions in relation to the provision of financial services, that the institution—

(i)has contravened any provision of the Financial Services Act 1986 or any rules or regulations made under it;

(ii)in purported compliance with any such provision, has furnished that Board or authority with false, misleading or inaccurate information;

(iii)has contravened any prohibition or requirement imposed under that Act; or

(iv)has failed to comply with any statement of principle issued under that Act;

(d)the Bank is informed by the Director General of Fair Trading that the institution, or any of the institution’s employees, agents or associates (whether past or present) or, where the institution is a body corporate, any controller of the institution or an associate of any such controller, has done any of the things specified in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 25(2) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974;

(e)it appears to the Bank that the institution has failed to comply with any obligation imposed on it by the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 [F2or the Credit Institutions (Protection of Depositors) Regulations 1995]; or

(f)the Bank is informed by a supervisory authority in another member State that the institution has failed to comply with any obligation imposed on it by or under any rule of law in force in that State for purposes connected with the implementation of the Second Council Directive [F3or Directive 94/19/EC on deposit-guarantee schemes].]

[F4(1B)The Bank may revoke the authorisation of a credit institution if it appears to the Bank that—

(a)the institution is an undertaking which is closely linked with any person; and

(b)the institution’s close links with that person, or any matters relating to any non-EEA laws or administrative provisions to which that person is subject, are such as to prevent the effective exercise by the Bank of its supervisory functions in relation to the institution.]

(2)The Bank may revoke the authorisation of an institution if it appears to the Bank that the institution—

(a)has not accepted a deposit in the United Kingdom in the course of carrying on a deposit-taking business (whether there or elsewhere) within the period of twelve months beginning with the day on which it was authorised; or

(b)having accepted a deposit or deposits as aforesaid, has subsequently not done so for any period of more than six months.

(3)If in the case of an authorised institution whose principal place of business is in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom it appears to the Bank that the relevant supervisory authority in that country or territory has withdrawn from the institution an authorisation corresponding to that conferred by the Bank under this Part of this Act, the Bank may revoke the authorisation and shall do so if that country or territory is a member State.

[F5(3A)In relation to a credit institution incorporated in or formed under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, subsection (3) above shall have effect as if the words “ and shall do so if that country or territory is a member State ” were omitted.]

(4)In the case of an authorised institution which is an authorised person under the M1Financial Services Act 1986 or holds a consumer credit licence under the M2Consumer Credit Act 1974 the Bank may revoke the authorisation if it appears to the Bank that the institution has ceased to be an authorised person under the said Act of 1986 (otherwise than at the request or with the consent of the institution) or that the licence under the said Act of 1974 has been revoked.

(5)The Treasury may after consultation with the Bank by order make provision corresponding to subsection (4) above in relation to any authorisation or licence granted under such other enactments as may appear to the Treasury to be appropriate; but any such order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(6)If in the case of an authorised institution wherever incorporated it appears to the Bank that—

(a)a winding-up order has been made against it in the United Kingdom; or

(b)a resolution for its voluntary winding up in the United Kingdom has been passed,

the Bank shall revoke the authorisation; and the Bank may revoke the authorisation of any authorised institution incorporated outside the United Kingdom if it appears to the Bank that an event has occurred in respect of it outside the United Kingdom which corresponds as nearly as may be to either of those mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

(7)The Bank may revoke the authorisation of an authorised institution incorporated in the United Kingdom if it appears to the Bank that—

(a)a composition or arrangement with creditors has been made in respect of the institution;

(b)a receiver or manager of the institution’s undertaking has been appointed; or

(c)possession has been taken, by or on behalf of the holders of any debenture secured by a charge, of any property of the institution comprised in or subject to the charge;

or, in the case of an authorised institution incorporated elsewhere, that an event has occurred in respect of it which corresponds as nearly as may be to any of those mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above.

(8)The Bank may revoke the authorisation of an authorised institution if it appears to the Bank that an administration order has been made in relation to the institution under section 8 of the M3Insolvency Act 1986 [F6or under Article 21 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989].

(9)The Bank shall revoke the authorisation of an unincorporated institution if it appears to the Bank that a winding-up order has been made against it in the United Kingdom and may revoke the authorisation of such an institution if it appears to the Bank that—

(a)the institution has been dissolved; or

(b)a bankruptcy order, an award of sequestration, an order of adjudication of bankruptcy or a composition or arrangement with creditors has been made or a trust deed for creditors granted in respect of that institution or any of its members; or

(c)any event corresponding as nearly as may be to any of those mentioned in paragraph (b) above or in subsection (6)(a) or (b) or (7)(b) or (c) above has occurred in respect of that institution or any of its members; or

(d)the whole of the assets available to the institution have passed into the ownership of a single individual.

[F7(10)The rules and prohibitions referred to in subsection (1A)(c) above include the rules of any recognised self-regulating organisation of which the institution is a member and any prohibition imposed by virtue of those rules; and in subsection (1A)(d) above—

  • associate” has the same meaning as in section 25(2) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974;

  • controller” has the meaning given by section 189(1) of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 11(1A) inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3218, reg. 28(1).

F2Words in s. 11(1A) inserted (1.7.1995) by S.I. 1995/1442, regs. 49(1)(a), 54(2)

F3Words in s. 11(1A) inserted (1.7.1995) by S.I. 1995/1442, regs. 49(1)(b), 54(2)

F4S. 11(1B) inserted (18.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1669, reg. 3(2)

F5S. 11(3A) inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3218, reg. 28(2).

F7S. 11(10) inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3218, reg. 28(3).

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