PART 6Special administration for operators of certain infrastructure systems

Interpretation

127Interpretation of Part

1

In this Part—

  • “the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986;

  • “business”, “member”, “property” and “security” have the same meaning as in the 1986 Act;

  • “company” has the meaning given by section 113;

  • “the court” means—

    1. a

      in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the High Court;

    2. b

      in Scotland, the Court of Session;

  • “FMI administration order” and “FMI administrator” are to be read in accordance with section 114;

  • “infrastructure company” has the meaning given by section 112;

  • “operator”, in relation to a recognised inter-bank payment system, has the meaning given by section 113;

  • “recognised inter-bank payment system” has the meaning given by section 113;

  • “regulated activity” has the same meaning as in FSMA 2000;

  • “the relevant system” has the meaning given by section 113;

  • “securities settlement system” has the meaning given by section 113.

2

In this Part references to the FMI administrator of a company include a person appointed under paragraph 91 or 103 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act, as applied by Schedule 6 to this Act, to be the FMI administrator of a company.

3

In this Part references to a person qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to a company are to be read in accordance with Part 13 of the 1986 Act, but as if references in that Part to a company included a company registered under the Companies Act 2006 in Northern Ireland.