PART 7Amendments of Schedule 15 to Building Societies Act 1986
General mode of application of the companies winding up legislation32.
(1)
Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the Building Societies Act 198650 (general mode of application) is amended as follows.
(2)
After paragraph 1 insert—
“1A.
In this Schedule—
“deposit” means rights of the kind described in—
(a)
paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (deposits); or
(b)
section 1(2)(b) of the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 (balances transferred under that Act to authorised reclaim fund); and
“relevant deposit” means—
(a)
an “eligible deposit” within the meaning given by paragraph 15C(1) of Schedule 6 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (categories of preferential debts) or a deposit of the kind mentioned in paragraph 15BB of that Schedule51; or(b)
an “eligible deposit” within the meaning given by paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 4 to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (categories of preferential debts) or a deposit of the kind mentioned in paragraph 20 of that Schedule52.”.
(3)
In paragraph 3(2), after paragraph (aa) insert—
“(ab)
a reference to the debts of a company includes a reference to sums due to shareholding members of a building society in respect of deposits;”.