Part 5Civil recovery of the proceeds etc. of unlawful conduct
F1CHAPTER 3BForfeiture of money held in certain accounts
Freezing of certain accounts
303Z7“Bank”
(1)
“Bank” means an authorised deposit-taker, other than a building society, that has its head office or a branch in the United Kingdom.
(2)
In subsection (1), “authorised deposit-taker” means—
(a)
a person who has permission under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to accept deposits;
(b)
a person who—
(i)
is specified, or is within a class of persons specified, by an order under section 38 of that Act (exemption orders), and
(ii)
accepts deposits;
(c)
F2an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3 to that Act that has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12(1) of that Schedule) to accept deposits.