http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3625The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) Regulations 2001BankingFINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETSStatute Law Database2024-07-12Expert Participation2020-12-31 These Regulations impose certain procedural requirements on applicants for a court order sanctioning an insurance, or banking, business transfer scheme under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. 2001 No. 3625financial services and marketsThe Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) Regulations 2001Made7th November 2001Laid before Parliament8th November 2001Coming into force1st December 2001The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 108, 417(1), 428(3) of, and paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 12 to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, hereby make the following Regulations:Citation, commencement and interpretation11These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) Regulations 2001 and come into force on 1st December 2001.2In these Regulations—“the Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;“the parties” means the authorised person concerned and the transferee (within the meaning of section 105(2) or, as the case may be, section 106(2) of the Act); “reclaim fund business transfer scheme” has the meaning given by section 106A(1) of the Act; “the report” means the scheme report mentioned in section 109(1) of the Act;......“a summary of the report” means a summary of the report sufficient to indicate the opinion of the person making the report of the likely effects of the insurance business transfer scheme on the policyholders of the parties.Meaning of “commitment”2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Transfer of an insurance business31An applicant under section 107 of the Act for an order sanctioning an insurance business transfer scheme (“the scheme”) must comply with the following requirements.2A notice stating that the application has been made must be—apublished in—ithe London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, andiitwo national newspapers in the United Kingdom;bsent to every policyholder of the parties ; andcsent—ito every reinsurer of the authorised person concerned (within the meaning of section 105(2) of the Act) any of whose contracts of reinsurance (in whole or part) are to be transferred by the scheme; oriiin a case where such a contract has been placed with or through a person authorised to act on behalf of the reinsurer, then to that person; oriiiin a case where such a contract has been placed with more than one reinsurer, then to the person or persons authorised to act on behalf of those reinsurers or groups of reinsurers.3The notices mentioned in paragraph (2) must—abe approved by the appropriate regulator prior to publication (or, as the case may be, being sent); andbcontain the address from which the documents mentioned in paragraph (4) may be obtained.4A copy of the report and a statement setting out the terms of the scheme and containing a summary of the report must be given free of charge to any person who requests them.5A copy of the application, the report and the statement mentioned in paragraph (4) must be given free of charge to the appropriate regulator and, if the FCA is not the appropriate regulator, the FCA.6In the case of any such scheme as is mentioned in section 105(5) of the Act, copies of the documents listed in subsection (3) of section 911 (inspection of documents (merger)) or subsection (3) of section 926 (inspection of documents (division)), as the case may be, of the Companies Act 2006 must be given to the appropriate regulator and, if the FCA is not the appropriate regulator, the FCA by the beginning of the period referred to in paragraph 3(e) of that Schedule.41Subject to paragraph (2) or (3), the court may not determine an application under section 107 for an order sanctioning an insurance business transfer scheme—awhere the applicant has failed to comply with the requirements in regulation 3(2), (3) or (6); andbuntil a period of not less than twenty-one days has elapsed since the appropriate regulator was given the documents mentioned in regulation 3(5).2The requirements in regulation 3(2)(a)(ii), (b) and (c) may be waived by the court in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as the court considers appropriate. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <Substitution ChangeId="key-f95c92b83bd848747c42c454ee7a6ede-1719998086312" CommentaryRef="key-f95c92b83bd848747c42c454ee7a6ede">Transfer of a banking business or a reclaim fund business</Substitution> 51An applicant under section 107 of the Act for an order sanctioning a banking business transfer scheme or reclaim fund business transfer scheme (“the scheme”) must comply with the following requirements.2A notice stating that the application has been made must be published—ain the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes; andbin two national newspapers in the United Kingdom.3The notice mentioned in paragraph (2) must—abe approved by the appropriate regulator prior to its publication; andbcontain the address from which the statement mentioned in paragraph (4) may be obtained.4A statement setting out the terms of the scheme must be given free of charge to any person who requests it.5Copies of the application and the statement mentioned in paragraph (4) must be given free of charge to the appropriate regulator and, if the FCA is not the appropriate regulator, the FCA.61Subject to paragraph (2), the court may not determine an application under section 107 for an order sanctioning a banking business transfer scheme or reclaim fund business transfer scheme—awhere the applicant has failed to comply with the requirements in regulation 5(2) or (3); andbuntil a period of not less than twenty-one days has elapsed since the appropriate regulator was given the documents mentioned in regulation 5(5).2The requirement in regulation 5(2)(b) may be waived by the court in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as the court considers appropriate.Tony McNultyNick AingerTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury7th November 2001(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations impose certain procedural requirements on applicants for a court order sanctioning an insurance, or banking, business transfer scheme under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Regulation 3 requires a person seeking the court’s approval of an insurance business transfer scheme to publicise in various newspapers the fact that an application has been made and to inform policyholders. It also requires various documents to be sent to the Financial Services Authority (“the Authority”) and to those who request them.

Under regulation 4, the court may not sanction an insurance business transfer where the applicant has not complied with certain requirements in regulation 3 or until the Authority has been in receipt of the application and report for at least 21 days. The court may waive some of the requirements where it considers it appropriate in the circumstances.

Regulations 5 and 6 make similar provision in relation to banking business transfer schemes.

See the definition of “prescribed” in section 417(1).2000 c. 8.Reg. 4 in force at 1.12.2001, see reg. 1(1)Words in reg. 3(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 62(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 63)Words in reg. 5(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 62(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 63)Words in reg. 3(6) substituted (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), arts. 1(2), 20Reg. 3 modified (31.12.2020) by The Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/710), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 4, 5, 8; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 3(5) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 62(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 63)Regulations applied (1.12.2001) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Transfers of Business Done at Lloyd's) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3626), arts. 1, 3-5Words in reg. 1(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/632), regs. 1(3), 183(2) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/710, regs. 1(4), 36, Sch. para. 3 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 1(2) inserted (13.7.2009) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1390), regs. 1, 2(a)Words in reg. 5(1) inserted (13.7.2009) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1390), regs. 1, 2(c)Reg. 3(2)(c) and word added (30.6.2008) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers)(Requirements on Applicants)(Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1467), regs. 1, 2(b)Reg. 5 in force at 1.12.2001, see reg. 1(1)Reg. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/632), regs. 1(3), 183(3) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/710, regs. 1(4), 36, Sch. para. 3 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Reg. 3 in force at 1.12.2001, see reg. 1(1)Reg. 3(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/632), regs. 1(3), 183(4) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/710, regs. 1(4), 36, Sch. para. 3 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Reg. 6 in force at 1.12.2001, see reg. 1(1)Words in reg. 5(5) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 62(d) (with Sch. 2 para. 63)Reg. 1 in force at 1.12.2001, see reg. 1(1)Words in reg. 3(6) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 62(c) (with Sch. 2 para. 63)Reg. 5 heading substituted (13.7.2009) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1390), regs. 1, 2(b)Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/632), regs. 1(3), 183(5)(a) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/710, regs. 1(4), 36, Sch. para. 3 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Reg. 4(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/632), regs. 1(3), 183(5)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/710, regs. 1(4), 36, Sch. para. 3 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 4(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 62(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 63)Words in reg. 4(1) inserted (10.12.2007) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Reinsurance Directive) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3255), regs. 1, 2(3)Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (13.7.2009) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1390), regs. 1, 2(d)Words in reg. 6(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 62(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 63)