Part XXIVU.K. Insolvency

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Pt. 24 applied in part (with modifications) (8.7.2021) by S.I. 2017/752, Sch. 6 para. 9 (as substituted by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), regs. 2, 48(1))

C3Pt. 24 applied in part (with modifications) (8.7.2021) by S.I. 2011/99, Sch. 3 para. 7 (as substituted by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), regs. 2, 48(2))

BankruptcyU.K.

373 Insolvency practitioner’s duty to report [F1to FCA and PRA].U.K.

(1)If—

(a)a bankruptcy order or sequestration award is in force in relation to an individual F2..., and

(b)it appears to the insolvency practitioner that the individual is carrying on, or has [F3carried on—

(i)a regulated activity in contravention of the general prohibition, or

(ii)a credit-related regulated activity in contravention of section 20,]

the insolvency practitioner must report the matter [F4without delay to the FCA and, if the regulated activity concerned is a PRA-regulated activity, to the PRA].

[F5(1A)Subsection (1) does not apply where—

(a)the bankruptcy order or sequestration award is in force by virtue of a petition presented by a regulator, and

(b)the regulator's petition depended on a contravention by the individual of the general prohibition.]

(2)“Bankruptcy order” means a bankruptcy order under Part IX of the 1986 Act (or Part IX of the 1989 Order).

(3)“Sequestration award” means an award of sequestration under section [F622 of the 2016] Act.

(4)“Individual” includes an entity mentioned in section 374(1)(c).

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 373 heading substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 14 para. 21(4) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F2Words in s. 373(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 14 para. 21(2)(a) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F3Words in s. 373(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 14 para. 21(2)(b) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.