Banking Act 2009

[F1 62B. Resolution administrator U.K.

(1) The Bank of England may appoint an individual or body corporate as a resolution administrator.

(2) The power under subsection (1) may be exercised—

(a) by a separate instrument of appointment under this section, or

(b) by way of provision in a mandatory reduction instrument, a share transfer instrument, a property transfer instrument or a resolution instrument.

(3) In this section and sections 62C to 62E—

• “appointment instrument” means an instrument under subsection (2)(a);

• “Part 1 instrument” means an instrument of a kind mentioned in subsection (2)(b).

(4) A resolution administrator is appointed—

(a) to hold any securities that may be transferred or issued to that person in the capacity of resolution administrator, and

(b) to perform any other functions that may be conferred under any provision of this Part.

(5) The Bank of England may appoint more than one resolution administrator to perform functions in relation to a bank (but no more than one of them may at any one time be authorised to hold securities as mentioned in subsection (4)(a)).

(6) Securities held by a resolution administrator (in that capacity, and whether as a result of a Part 1 instrument or otherwise) are to be held in accordance with the terms of a Part 1 instrument that transfers those, or other, securities to the resolution administrator.

(7) For example, the following provision may be made by virtue of subsection (6)—

(a) provision that specified rights of a resolution administrator with respect to all or any of the securities are to be exercisable only as directed by the Bank of England;

(b) provision specifying rights or obligations that the resolution administrator is, or is not, to have in relation to some or all of the securities.

(8) A resolution administrator must—

(a) in accordance with the Part 1 instrument or the appointment instrument, take all measures necessary to promote the special resolution objectives, and

(b) have regard, in performing any functions of the office, to any other objectives that may be specified in a Part 1 instrument or the appointment instrument.

(9) Where one or more objectives are specified in accordance with subsection (8), the objectives are to be taken to have equal status with each other, unless the contrary is stated in the Part 1 instrument or the appointment instrument.

(10) The following provisions apply in relation to an appointment instrument as they apply in relation to a resolution instrument—

(a) section 48S(2) and (3) (power to make incidental, consequential provision etc);

(b) section 48T (procedure).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 62B-62E and cross-heading inserted (1.1.2015) by The Bank Recovery and Resolution Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3329), arts. 1(2), 70