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220Exception for payments in discharge of legal obligations etcU.K.
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(1)Approval is not required under section 217, 218 or 219 (payments requiring members' approval) for a payment made in good faith—

(a)in discharge of an existing legal obligation (as defined below),

(b)by way of damages for breach of such an obligation,

(c)by way of settlement or compromise of any claim arising in connection with the termination of a person's office or employment, or

(d)by way of pension in respect of past services.

(2)In relation to a payment within section 217 (payment by company) an existing legal obligation means an obligation of the company, or any body corporate associated with it, that was not entered into in connection with, or in consequence of, the event giving rise to the payment for loss of office.

(3)In relation to a payment within section 218 or 219 (payment in connection with transfer of undertaking, property or shares) an existing legal obligation means an obligation of the person making the payment that was not entered into for the purposes of, in connection with or in consequence of, the transfer in question.

(4)In the case of a payment within both section 217 and section 218, or within both section 217 and section 219, subsection (2) above applies and not subsection (3).

(5)A payment part of which falls within subsection (1) above and part of which does not is treated as if the parts were separate payments.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Ss. 215-222 modified (22.2.2008) by The Northern Rock plc Transfer Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/432), art. 17(1), Sch. para. 2(j)

C2Ss. 215-222 modified (8.00 a.m. on 29.9.2008) by the The Bradford & Bingley plc Transfer of Securities and Property etc. Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2546), art. 13(1)(3), Sch. 1 para. 2(j)

C4Ss. 215-222 modified (retrospective to 30.3.2009 at 8.00 a.m.) by The Amendments to Law (Resolution of Dunfermline Building Society) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/814), arts. 1(2), 7, Sch. para. 2(j)

Commencement Information

I1S. 220 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 220 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 1300; s. 220 in force at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/2194, art. 2(1)(d) (with saving in art. 12 and subject to transitional adaptations specified in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 3)

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