Subject to paragraph (2), where a ring-fenced body incurs a financial institution exposure as a result of a counterparty to a transaction becoming a relevant financial institution at any time after the date upon which the transaction was entered into, that exposure is permitted for a period of twelve months commencing on the date upon which the counterparty became a relevant financial institution.

A ring-fenced body is not permitted to incur the financial institution exposure by virtue of paragraph (1) where, at the time the transaction was entered into, the ring-fenced body knew, or could reasonably be expected to have known, that the counterparty would become a relevant financial institution.