Part 1 U.K.Special Resolution Regime

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 restricted (7.1.2010) by Banking Act 2009 (Exclusion of Insurers) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/35), arts. 1, 2

C2 Pt. 1: power to amend conferred (1.3.2014) by Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), ss. 17(3)(f), 148(5); S.I. 2014/377, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. Pt. 2

[F1 Chapter 3 U.K. Special resolution action]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 1 Ch. 3 formed from ss. 4-83 (1.1.2015) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3329), arts. 1(2), 7

Treasury U.K.

[F2 78A.Pre-conditions for financial assistance: duty of Bank to give information U.K.

(1) The Treasury may at any time require the Bank of England to inform them in writing whether or not a condition for financial assistance has been met in relation to a particular bank.

(2) “Condition for financial assistance” means a condition specified in—

(a) Article 37(10)(a) (financial assistance through government stabilisation tools), or

(b) Article 44(5)(a) (contributions to institution from resolution financing arrangement where [F3 bail-in] liabilities have been excluded from bail-in),

of the recovery and resolution directive.

(3) If the Bank of England seeks the Treasury’s consent to the making of a mandatory reduction instrument or the exercise of a stabilisation power in accordance with section 78, the Bank must notify the Treasury in writing—

(a) whether or not the proposals involve action in relation to which a condition for financial assistance applies, and

(b) if the proposals do involve such action, whether or not the condition in question has been met.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 78A inserted (1.1.2015) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3329), arts. 1(2), 85

F3 Word in s. 78A(2)(b) substituted (28.12.2020) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1350), regs. 1(2), 12