U.K.
8.—(1) This Part applies to any reconstruction or amalgamation [F1which is a merger where the UK UCITS involved (or, if two or more are involved, at least one of them) has given notice to the Authority under paragraph 20B of Schedule 3 to the Act, and which takes the form of a merger by scheme of arrangement].
F2(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) A “merger by scheme of arrangement” means an operation in which—
(a)there are one or more transferor [F3UK] UCITS or sub-funds of a [F4UK] UCITS (“the merging UCITS”);
(b)the transferor UCITS or sub-funds continue to exist until their liabilities have been discharged, but transfer their net assets to—
(i)a sub-fund of the same UCITS;
(ii)another existing [F5UK] UCITS or a sub-fund of that UCITS; or
(iii)a [F6UK] UCITS formed for the purposes of the operation
(“the receiving UCITS”).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(2), 35(2) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Reg. 8(2)(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(2), 35(3) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Word in reg. 8(4)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(2), 35(4)(a)(i) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Word in reg. 8(4)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(2), 35(4)(a)(ii) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Word in reg. 8(4)(b)(ii) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(2), 35(4)(b)(i) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Word in reg. 8(4)(b)(iii) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(2), 35(4)(b)(ii) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 4 modified (31.12.2020) by 2000 c. 8, s. 409(11)(i) (as inserted by The Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/589), regs. 1(3), 2(5) (with reg. 12) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1274, regs. 1, 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))