PART 1General

Application of this Order2

1

This Order applies in the following cases.

2

Case 1 is where a partial property transfer15 has been made by the Bank in accordance with section 11(2) or 12(2) of the Act.

3

Case 2 is where—

a

the Bank has made a property transfer instrument in accordance with section 11(2) or 12(2) of the Act (whether or not that instrument is a partial property transfer); and

b

a property transfer instrument under section 42, 43 or 44 of the Act has been made by the Bank which is a partial property transfer.

4

Case 3 is where—

a

the Treasury have made a share transfer order in accordance with section 13(2) of the Act (including that section as applied by section 82 of the Act); and

b

a property transfer instrument has been made by the Treasury under section 45 or 46 of the Act (including those sections as applied and modified by section 83 of the Act) which by virtue of section 45(5)(b) or 46(5)(b) of the Act is to be treated as a partial property transfer.

5

For the purposes of this Order, a property transfer instrument or order which purports to transfer all of the property, rights and liabilities of a banking institution shall be treated as having done so effectively (and so shall not be treated as a partial property transfer), notwithstanding the possibility that any of the property, rights or liabilities are foreign property and may not have been effectively transferred by the property transfer instrument or order or by virtue of steps taken under section 39 of the Act.