Amendments to Credit Institutions (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Regulations 2004U.K.
2.—(1) The Credit Institutions (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Regulations 2004(1) are amended as set out in this regulation.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “administrator”—
(a)After the first occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, for “or”, substitute “, paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order,”(2);
(b)After the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or Article 21(2) of the 1989 Order”.
(3) In regulation 2(3), after “the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001”, insert “, the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(3)”.
(4) In regulation 3(5) (prohibition against winding up etc. EEA credit institutions in the UK)—
(a)After “Schedule B1”, for “of”, substitute “to”; and
(b)After “the 1986 Act”, insert “or paragraphs 15 or 23 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order”.
(5) For regulation 3(7), substitute—
“(7) An order under section 254 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (application of insolvency law to a foreign company) or under Article 9 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005(4) (application of insolvency law to company incorporated outside Northern Ireland) may not provide for any of the following provisions of the 1986 Act or of the 1989 Order to apply in relation to an incorporated EEA credit institution—
(a)Part 1 of the 1986 Act or Part 2 of the 1989 Order (company voluntary arrangements);
(b)Part 2 of the 1986 Act or Part 3 of the 1989 Order (administration);
(c)Chapter 4 of Part 4 of the 1986 Act or chapter 4 of Part 5 of the 1989 Order (creditors’ voluntary winding up);
(d)Chapter 6 of Part 4 of the 1986 Act (winding up by the Court).”
(6) In regulation 9(1) (notification of relevant decision to the Authority)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), after the first occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, for “or” substitute “, paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order,”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (a), after the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or Article 21(1) of the 1989 Order”.
(c)in sub-paragraph (d), after “the 1986 Act”, insert “, paragraph 14(1)(d) of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order, section 9(4) of the 1986 Act”.
(7) In regulation 9(3) after the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act” insert “, paragraph 84 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order”.
(8) In regulation 11(1)—
(a)in paragraph (b)(ii) (withdrawal of authorisation), after “the 1986 Act”, insert “or paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order”; and
(b)in paragraph (c)(ii), after the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or paragraph 84 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order”.
(9) At the end of regulation 11(2), insert “or paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order”.
(10) In regulation 12(2)(b)(i) (qualifying order)—
(a)After the first occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, for “or” substitute “, paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order,”; and
(b)After the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or Article 21(1) of the 1989 Order”.
(11) In regulation 12(5), remove “, section 27 of the 1986 Act”.
(12) In regulation 14 (notification to creditors: winding up proceedings)—
(a)in paragraph (3)(a)(i)—
(i)After the first occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order”; and
(ii)After the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or Article 21(3) (b) or (d) of the 1989 Order”.
(b)for paragraph (8) substitute—
“(8) The prescribed circumstances are where the administrator includes in the statement required under Rule 2.3 of the Insolvency Rules or under Rule 2.003 of the Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) a statement to the effect that the objective set out in paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act or in paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order is not reasonably likely to be achieved”.
(c)in paragraph (9), after “the 1986 Act”, insert “ or paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order”.
(13) In regulation 16(1) (reports to creditors)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), for “the 1986 Order” substitute “the 1989 Order”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (a), after the second occurrence of “1986 Act”, insert “or paragraph 84 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order”; and
(c)for sub-paragraph (d), substitute—
“an administrator is appointed under paragraph 13 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act or paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order.”
(14) In regulation 19(1)(b) (application of this Part)—
(a)After the first occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, for “or” substitute “, paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order,”; and
(b)After the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or Article 21(1) of the 1989 Order”.
(15) In regulation 19(3)(b), after the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or paragraph 84 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order”.
(16) In regulation 21(2) (interpretation of Part 4)—
(a)in paragraph (a)(ii), after the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or paragraph 84 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (c), after the first occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, for “or” substitute “, paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order,”; and
(c)in sub-paragraph (c), after the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or Article 21(1) of the 1989 Order”.
(17) In regulation 36(1)(a)(iii) (interpretation of Part 5)—
(a)After the first occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, for “or” substitute “, paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order,”; and
(b)After the second occurrence of “the 1986 Act”, insert “or Article 21(1) of the 1989 Order”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 2 in force at 6.4.2007, see reg. 1
S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19); Schedule B1 to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 is inserted into that Order by Article 3(2) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10).