Valid from 12/10/2010
[F1224DCases where FSCS manager may decline to actU.K.
(1)This section applies where a notice under section 224C(2) (a “section 224C notice”) has been given in respect of a relevant scheme.
(2)The FSCS manager is not under a duty to comply with the section 224C notice if, as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving it, the FSCS manager gives a notice to the Treasury stating that a ground set out in section 224E applies.
(3)Where a notice under subsection (2) is given, the FSCS manager may recover from the manager of the relevant scheme an amount equal to the total expenses incurred by the FSCS manager in connection with the relevant scheme in the period—
(a)beginning with the giving of the section 224C notice; and
(b)ending with the giving of the notice under subsection (2).
(4)The duty to comply with the section 224C notice ceases if, after starting to comply with it, the FSCS manager gives a notice to the Treasury and the manager of the relevant scheme stating that a ground set out in section 224E applies.
(5)Where a notice under subsection (4) is given, the FSCS manager must give the Treasury such information connected with the FSCS manager's exercise of functions in relation to the relevant scheme as the Treasury may reasonably require.
(6)Any notice under this section—
(a)may be given only if, before giving it, the FSCS manager has taken reasonable steps to deal with anything that is causing the ground or grounds in question to apply; and
(b)must contain details of those steps.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 15A inserted (12.10.2010) by Financial Services Act 2010 (c. 28), ss. 17, 26(3); S.I. 2010/2480, art. 2(d)