PART 1Introductory Provisions
Interpretation4
1
The following definitions apply to these Rules or may be seen at the places indicated—
Word or expression | Meaning |
|---|---|
accounting period | has the meaning given in rule 86 or, in relation to Part 7, rule 128 |
asset pool | together (a) the asset pool as defined in the Regulations and (b) any funds properly transferred into a relevant funds account following the commencement of the special administration |
authenticate | to authenticate in accordance with rule 168, other than in relation to rule 93, where it shall have the meaning set out in rule 93(4) |
business address | the place where a person works |
business day | any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in any part of Scotland or England and Wales under or by virtue of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 3 |
contact details | a postal address, an email address or a telephone number through which a customer may be contacted |
customer | (a) user, which has the meaning set out in regulation 6, or (b) holder, which has the meaning set out in regulation 6 |
debt | has the meaning set out in rule 205 |
expense of the special administration | means those expenses incurred in the course of the special administration, or treated as incurred as such by these Rules, that are to be paid out in accordance with Part 4 |
final progress report | has the meaning set out in rule 143 |
the Gazette | the Edinburgh Gazette |
gazetted | advertised once in the Gazette |
IP number | the number assigned to an office-holder as an insolvency practitioner by the Secretary of State |
means of contacting | being able to contact that person specifically |
official rate | the rate of interest on a sheriff court decree or extract under section 9 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Extracts Act 18924 (as it may be amended by section 4 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972)5 |
Payment Systems Regulator | the body established under section 40 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 20136 |
prescribed part | has the same meaning as it does in section 176A(2)(a) of the IA 1986 7 and the Insolvency Act 1986 (Prescribed Part) Order 20038 |
principal | has the meaning set out in rule 87(1), unless the context otherwise requires |
progress report | a report which complies with rule 85 |
proxy-holder | has the meaning set out in rule 87(1) |
registered number | has the meaning set out in section 1066 of the CA 20069 |
registrar of companies | the registrar of companies for Scotland |
the Regulations | the Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 |
requisitioned meeting | a meeting requested under paragraph 56(1) |
sederunt book | has the meaning set out in rule 194(1) |
shortfall claim | that part of a relevant funds claim which will not be met from the asset pool because of a shortfall in the amount available in the asset pool to settle relevant funds claims, including where the shortfall arises as a result of any deduction from the relevant funds of costs under rule 96 or amounts that the court orders be paid from the asset pool or from the relevant funds |
standard contents | (a) in relation to a notice to be gazetted, the contents specified in rule 177, (b) in relation to a notice to be advertised in any other way, the contents specified in rule 180 |
standard fee for copies | 15 pence per A4 or A5 page or 30 pence per A3 page |
statement of claim | is to be interpreted in accordance with rule 116 |
statement of concurrence | a statement, verified by a statutory declaration, that that person concurs in the statement of affairs under paragraph 47 submitted by a nominated person |
2
A fee or remuneration is chargeable when the work to which it relates is done.
3
Reference to a notice or other document being given, delivered or sent under these Rules or in the Regulations shall be interpreted in accordance with Chapters 2 to 4 of Part 12 of these Rules.
4
Expressions used both in these Rules and in the Regulations (including expressions used in the provisions of the IA 1986 applied by the Regulations) have, unless otherwise stated, the meaning set out in the Regulations.
5
A reference to a numbered paragraph in these Rules shall, unless—
a
it is a reference to a paragraph within the same rule (in which case the number of the paragraph is written in parenthesis), or
b
otherwise stated,
be to the paragraph so numbered in Schedule B1 to the IA 1986, as applied by regulation 37.
6
A reference to a provision of the IA 1986, if that provision is listed in the Table in regulation 37, is a reference to that provision as applied and modified by the Regulations.
7
A reference to a numbered regulation shall, unless otherwise stated, be to the regulation so numbered in the Regulations.
8
For the purposes of these Rules references to a customer, or to relevant funds do not include a customer of, or relevant funds received by—
a
a small payment institution, or
b
in the case of funds received for the execution of payment transactions that are not related to the issuance of electronic money, a small electronic money institution,
where the institution had not chosen voluntarily to safeguard the funds when it entered special administration.
9
To the extent that a customer claims a shortfall as a creditor, that shortfall claim is to be treated as a debt owed to the customer by the institution arising before the institution entered special administration.
10
A relevant funds claim which is held jointly by one or more customers shall be treated as a single relevant funds claim under these Rules.