The Bank Recovery and Resolution (No. 2) Order 2014

Determination of minimum requirement

135.—(1) This article applies for the purpose of determining the minimum requirement for a group institution.

(2) The amount of the institution’s total liabilities must include total liabilities under any derivative contracts held by the institution.

(3) An assessment of total liabilities under a derivative contract must take account of the rights of the parties to the contract to set off or net under a netting arrangement.

(4) A liability must be excluded from the amount of the institution’s own funds or eligible liabilities if—

(a) the instrument that creates the liability is not issued or fully paid up;

(b) the liability is owed to, or secured or guaranteed by, the institution itself;

(c) the purchase of the instrument that creates the liability was funded directly or indirectly by the institution itself;

(d) the liability has a remaining maturity of less than one year;

(e) the liability arises from a derivative contract held by the institution;

(f) the liability arises from a deposit in respect of which the depositor’s rights, in any proceedings relating to the insolvency of the institution, would be preferred to the rights of other creditors; or

(g) the instrument that creates the liability is governed by the law of a third country and the Bank is not satisfied that a decision by the Bank to convert or write down the liability would be effective under that law.

(5) For the purpose of paragraph (4)(d), where the instrument that creates the liability confers on a party to the instrument a right to the repayment of a sum before maturity, the maturity date is the first date on which that party would become entitled to repayment if the right were exercised.

(6) The determination—

(a) must be based on an assessment of the criteria set out in Article 45.6 of the recovery and resolution directive; and

(b) must take account of the minimum consolidated requirement.

(7) Where the determination is for a UK institution, the Bank must make the assessment under paragraph (6)(a) in consultation with—

(a) the PRA, if the institution is a PRA-authorised person;

(b) the FCA, if the institution is any other UK authorised person.