2014 No. 1830

Financial Services And Markets

The Banking Act 2009 (Third Party Compensation Arrangements for Partial Property Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Made

Coming into force

The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60 of the Banking Act 20091.

A draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 60(7) of that Act.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Banking Act 2009 (Third Party Compensation Arrangements for Partial Property Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, and come into force on 1st August 2014.

Amendment to the Banking Act 2009 (Third Party Compensation Arrangements for Partial Property Transfers) Regulations 20092

In regulation 1(3) of the Banking Act 2009 (Third Party Compensation Arrangements for Partial Property Transfers) Regulations 20092 (interpretation), in the definition of “banking institution” after paragraph (a) insert—

aa

an investment firm;

David EvenettMark LancasterTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Banking Act 2009 (Third Party Compensation Arrangements for Partial Property Transfers) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/319) to apply to investment firms the provisions made by those Regulations in relation to a “banking institution”. Those Regulations specify provisions which must, or which may, be included in a third party compensation order made in accordance with section 59 of the Banking Act 2009 (c. 1) (“the Act”) in relation to a partial property transfer (as defined by section 47 of the Act).

For the meaning of “investment firm” see section 258A of the Act and the Banking Act 2009 (Exclusion of Investment Firms of a Specified Description) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/ ). These Regulations are made in connection with the application of Part 1 of the Act to investment firms by section 89A of the Act.

A full impact assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from Her Majesty’s Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ or on http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/ and is published alongside the Regulations on http://www.legislation.gov.uk/.