Payment to Abbey to constitute payment of compensation for the purposes of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme
29. For the purposes of Part 15 (the financial services compensation scheme) of the 2000 Act, the COMP Sourcebook and the FEES 6 Chapter (including, without limitation, the power of the FSCS to impose levies)—
(a)all payments by the FSCS to Abbey under article 28 shall constitute the payment of compensation to each qualifying claimant under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in accordance with their respective entitlements in respect of claims against Bradford & Bingley for protected deposits;
(b)each qualifying claimant—
(i)is deemed to have made an application for compensation for the purposes of rule 3.2.1(1) of the COMP Sourcebook; and
(ii)is deemed to have accepted an offer of compensation made by the FSCS and to have received payment of such compensation for the purposes of rule 11.2.1 of the COMP Sourcebook,
and, accordingly, a qualifying claimant has no right to claim, and the FSCS has no obligation to pay, for a protected deposit any further compensation under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in respect of the default of Bradford & Bingley determined by the Authority under section 6.3 of the COMP Sourcebook.