Part XXIV Insolvency

Administration orders

F1359 Administration order

(1)

The F2FCA may make an administration application under Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act F3or Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order in relation to a company or insolvent partnership which—

(a)

is or has been an authorised person F4or recognised investment exchange,

(b)

is or has been an appointed representative, or

(c)

is carrying on or has carried on a regulated activity in contravention of the general prohibition.

F5(1A)

The PRA may make an administration application under Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act or Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order in relation to a company or insolvent partnership which is a PRA-regulated person.

(2)

Subsection (3) applies in relation to an administration application made (or a petition presented) by F6a regulator by virtue of this section.

(3)

Any of the following shall be treated for the purpose of paragraph 11(a) of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act F7or paragraph 12(a) of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order as unable to pay its debts—

(a)

a company or partnership in default on an obligation to pay a sum due and payable under an agreement, F8. . .

(b)

an authorised deposit taker in default on an obligation to pay a sum due and payable in respect of a relevant deposit.F9, and—

(c)

an authorised reclaim fund in default on an obligation to pay a sum payable as a result of a claim made by virtue of section 1(2)(b) or 2(2)(b) of the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008.

(4)

In this section—

“agreement” means an agreement the making or performance of which constitutes or is part of a regulated activity carried on by the company or partnership,

“authorised deposit taker” means a person with a F10Part 4A permission to accept deposits (but not a person who has a F10Part 4A permission to accept deposits only for the purpose of carrying on another regulated activity in accordance with that permission),

F11“authorised reclaim fund” means a reclaim fund within the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 that is authorised for the purposes of this Act;

“company” means a company—

(a)

in respect of which an administrator may be appointed under Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act, or

(b)

F12in respect of which an administrator may be appointed under Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order,

“relevant deposit” shall, ignoring any restriction on the meaning of deposit arising from the identity of the person making the deposit, be construed in accordance with—

(a)

section 22,

(b)

any relevant order under that section, and

(c)

Schedule 2.

(5)

The definition of “authorised deposit taker” in subsection (4) shall be construed in accordance with—

(a)

section 22,

(b)

any relevant order under that section, and

(c)

Schedule 2.