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					<dc:description>This Order implements the obligation in Article 108 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p.190) (“the Directive”) to ensure that both deposits which are eligible for compensation under the financial services compensation scheme (“eligible deposits”) and other deposits which would be eligible deposits but for the fact that they are made in branches of UK banks outside the EEA, are treated as preferential debts, and that eligible deposits are given a higher priority within the class of preferential debts than other deposits.</dc:description>
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<P2para><Text>This Order has no effect in relation to any insolvency proceedings commenced before the date on which this Order comes into force.</Text>
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<Text>For this purpose—</Text>
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<Text>“insolvency proceedings” means——</Text>
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<Text>proceedings under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985<FootnoteRef Ref="f00004"/>;</Text>
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<Text>proceedings under the Insolvency Act 1986<FootnoteRef Ref="f00005"/>;</Text>
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<Pnumber>iii</Pnumber>
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<Text>proceedings under the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989<FootnoteRef Ref="f00006"/>;</Text>
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<Text>proceedings under the Insolvent Partnerships Order 1994<FootnoteRef Ref="f00007"/>;</Text>
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<Text>proceedings under the Insolvent Partnerships Order (Northern Ireland) 1995<FootnoteRef Ref="f00008"/>; or</Text>
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<Pnumber>vi</Pnumber>
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<Text>proceedings under Part 2 or 3 of the Banking Act 2009<FootnoteRef Ref="f00009"/> (including proceedings under either of those Parts as applied to building societies by section 90C of the Building Societies Act 1986<FootnoteRef Ref="f00010"/>);</Text>
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<Text>insolvency proceedings commence on—</Text>
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<Text>the date of presentation of a petition for a winding-up order, bank insolvency order, building society insolvency order, bankruptcy order or award of sequestration;</Text>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
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<Text>the date on which an application is made for an administration order, bank administration order or building society administration order;</Text>
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<Text>the date on which notice of appointment of an administrator is given under paragraph 18 or 29 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986<FootnoteRef Ref="f00011"/> or paragraph 19 or 30 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989<FootnoteRef Ref="f00012"/>;</Text>
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<Pnumber>iv</Pnumber>
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<Text>the date on which a proposal is made by the directors of a company for a company voluntary arrangement under Part 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or Part 2 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 or by an individual debtor for an individual voluntary arrangement under Part 8 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or Part 8 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;</Text>
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<Pnumber>v</Pnumber>
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<Text>the date on which a resolution for voluntary winding up is passed.</Text>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/66" id="c00014" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1985" Number="0066">1985 c.66 (S.)</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/45" id="c00015" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1986" Number="0045">1986 c.45</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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</Footnote><Footnote id="f00006">
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1989/2405" id="c00016" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" Year="1989" Number="2405" AlternativeNumber="N.I 19">S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I.19)</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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</Footnote><Footnote id="f00007">
<FootnoteText>
<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2421" id="c00017" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="2421">S.I. 1994/2421</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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</Footnote><Footnote id="f00008">
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1995/225" id="c00018" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="1995" Number="0225">S.R. (N.I.) 1995/225</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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</Footnote><Footnote id="f00009">
<FootnoteText>
<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/1" id="c00019" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2009" Number="0001">2009 c.1</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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</Footnote><Footnote id="f00010">
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/53" id="c00020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1986" Number="0053">1986 c.53</Citation>. Section 90C was inserted by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/805" id="c00021" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="0805">S.I. 2009/805</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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</Footnote><Footnote id="f00011">
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<Para><Text>Schedule B1 was inserted by the Enterprise Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40" id="c00022" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="0040">2002 (c.40)</Citation>, Schedule 16.</Text></Para>
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</Footnote><Footnote id="f00012">
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<Para><Text>Schedule B1 was inserted by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2005/1455" id="c00023" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" Year="2005" Number="1455" AlternativeNumber="N.I 10">S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)</Citation>, Schedule 1.</Text></Para>
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