PART 4ENACTMENTS RELATING TO THE BANK OF ENGLAND

Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11)

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1

For sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Bank of England Act 1998 (cash ratio deposits) substitute—

1

Each deposit-taker is an eligible institution for the purposes of this Schedule.

1A

“Deposit-taker” has the meaning given in section 17, except that it does not include—

a

a credit union;

b

a friendly society;

c

a person who has permission to accept deposits under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 only in the course of effecting or carrying out contracts of insurance in accordance with that permission; or

d

an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(c) of Schedule 3 to that Act.

1B

“Credit union” has the meaning given—

a

by the Credit Unions Act 1979; or

b

in Northern Ireland, by the Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.

1C

“Friendly society” means—

a

a society which is registered within the meaning of the Friendly Societies Act 1974; or

b

a society incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992.

2

In sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph, for “sub-paragraph (1)” substitute “sub-paragraphs (1) to (1C)”.