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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 26U.K.The bank levy: miscellaneous changes

Tier one capital equity and liabilitiesU.K.

9(1)Paragraph 30 (“excluded” equity and liabilities: tier one capital equity and liabilities) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)For sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

(2)Tier one capital equity and liabilities” means, in relation to an entity or group of entities, so much of the entity or group's equity and liabilities as is tier one capital within the meaning of Article 25 of the Capital Requirements Regulation (taking account of the transitional provisions in Part Ten of that Regulation).

(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), the Capital Requirements Regulation is to be treated as applying, in relation to all entities and groups of entities, as if—

(a)to the extent it would not otherwise be the case, the Prudential Regulation Authority were the competent authority in relation to those entities and groups,

(b)the only determinations made, and discretions exercised, by the Prudential Regulation Authority for the purposes of the Capital Requirement Regulation were those published by it in accordance with that Regulation, and

(c)those entities and groups (to the extent that it would not otherwise be the case) were subject to the provisions of the PRA Handbook immediately before 1 January 2014.

(4)The Capital Requirements Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms.

(3)The amendment made by this paragraph has effect in relation to chargeable periods ending on or after 1 January 2014.