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PART 3MEMBERS, MEETINGS, DIRECTORS AND PROCEEDINGS

Shadow directorship

13.—(1) While Bradford & Bingley is wholly owned by the Treasury, for the purposes of the provisions listed in Schedule 1 to this Order, none of the persons listed in paragraph (3) shall be regarded as a shadow director of or (unless otherwise appointed as a director) a person discharging managerial responsibilities of a relevant undertaking.

(2) For the purposes of the definition of “director” in section 417 of the 2000 Act (definitions), while Bradford & Bingley is wholly owned by the Treasury, none of the persons listed in paragraph (3) shall be regarded as a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions (not being advice given in a professional capacity) the directors of a relevant undertaking are accustomed to act.

(3) The persons are—

(a)a Minister of the Crown;

(b)the Treasury;

(c)the Treasury Solicitor;

(d)the Bank;

(e)persons—

(i)employed by or under; or

(ii)acting on behalf of,

any of the persons specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).