10(1)The institution conducts or, in the case of an institution which is not yet carrying on a deposit-taking business, will conduct its business in a prudent manner and, in particular.—
(a)maintains or, as the case may require, will maintain net assets of such amount as, together with other financial resources available to it of such a nature and amount as are considered appropriate by the Bank, is sufficient to safeguard the interests of its depositors, having regard to the factors specified in sub-paragraph (2) below; and
(b)maintains or, as the case may require, will maintain adequate liquidity having regard to the relationship between its liquid assets and its liabilities and also to the times at which its liabilities fall due and its assets mature ; and
(c)makes or, as the case may require, will make adequate provision for bad and doubtful debts and obligations of a contingent nature.
(2)The factors referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) above are—
(a)the scale and nature of the liabilities of the institution and the sources and amounts of deposits accepted by it; and
(b)the nature of its assets and the degree of risk attached to them.
(3)In sub-paragraph (1)(a) above "net assets" in relation to a body corporate, means paid-up capital and reserves.