Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Mutual Societies) Order 2001
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2001/2617 |
2001 No. 2617
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Mutual Societies) Order 2001
Made 18th July 2001
Laid before Parliament 19th July 2001
Coming into force in accordance with article 2
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 334(1) and (2), 335(1), (2), (3) and (4), 336(1) and (2), 337, 338(1) and (2), 339(1) and (2), 426, 427 and 428(3) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 20001and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:—
PART I
General
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Mutual Societies) Order 2001.
Commencement
2. This Order comes into force—
(a) for the purposes of article 8, and for the purposes of article 4(3) and Schedule 2, on 17th August 2001, and
(b) for all other purposes, on the day on which section 19 of the 2000 Act (the general prohibition) comes into force.
Interpretation
3.—(1) In this Order—
“the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000,
“assistant registrar” means an assistant registrar of friendly societies for the central registration area,
“the assistant registrar for Scotland” means the assistant registrar of friendly societies for Scotland,
“the Board” means the Building Societies Investor Protection Board,
“building society” has the same meaning as in the Building Societies Act 19862,
“the central office” means the central office of the registry of friendly societies,
“the central registration area” means the area defined by section 4(1)(a) of the Friendly Societies Act 19743(as it had effect immediately before its repeal by the 2000 Act),
“the Chief Registrar” means the Chief Registrar of friendly societies,
“commencement” means the beginning of the day on which section 19 of the 2000 Act comes into force,
“enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 19784, and
“the last period” means the period beginning with 1st April 2001 and ending at commencement.
(2) In this Order, “transferred function” means any function transferred by article 4 and, in relation to any transferred function, “transferor” means the person from whom the function is transferred and “transferee” means the person to whom it is transferred.
(3) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an article by number alone is a reference to the article so numbered in this Order.
PART II
Transferred functions
Transfer of functions
4.—(1) The functions—
(a)
(a) of the Chief Registrar, the assistant registrar for Scotland, the assistant registrars and the central office listed in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order,
(b)
(b) of the Friendly Societies Commission listed in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Order, and
(c)
(c) of the Building Societies Commission listed in Part III of Schedule 1 to this Order,
are transferred to the Treasury.
(2) All other functions which, immediately before commencement were functions—
(a)
(a) of the Chief Registrar, the assistant registrar for Scotland, the assistant registrars or the central office,
(b)
(b) of the Friendly Societies Commission, or
(c)
(c) of the Building Societies Commission,
are transferred to the Authority, subject to any repeal or amendment made by any provision of this Order or by any other provision of or made under the 2000 Act.
(3) Schedule 2 makes provision about the application of the 2000 Act in relation to functions transferred (or to be transferred) to the Authority by paragraph (2) above.
(4) For the purposes of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 19815, paragraph (2) above is to be regarded as giving rise to the transfer of an undertaking by virtue of each of sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of that paragraph, whether or not it would otherwise be so regarded.
Consequential and transitional provisions in relation to transferred functions
5.—(1) The transfer of any function by virtue of article 4 does not affect the validity of anything done before commencement—
(a)
(a) by the transferor in the exercise of the transferred function, or
(b)
(b) by any other person in relation to the exercise by the transferor of the transferred function,
and any such thing is to have effect for all purposes as if done by (or, as the case may be, in relation to the exercise of the function by) the transferee.
(2) Paragraph (1) also has effect in relation to anything which is in the process of being done at commencement, and any such thing may be carried on and completed by (or, as the case may be, in relation to the exercise of the function by) the transferee.
(3) If, at commencement, a transferor is a party to any legal proceedings in relation to its exercise of any transferred function, the transferee is substituted for the transferor in those proceedings.
(4) If, at commencement, a transferor holds any monies which have been deposited with the transferor as security for any costs in relation to its exercise of any transferred function, the monies are transferred to the transferee at commencement to be held for the same purpose and on the same terms.
(5) This article has effect subject to any transitional provision or saving contained in Schedule 5 to this Order or in any other provision made under the 2000 Act.
Requirements to provide documents etc.
6.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where, by virtue of any provision of or made under any enactment, a person (“A”) other than a transferor was before commencement required or entitled—
(a)
(a) to provide any account, application, list, notice, plan, report, return, or any other document or material (including a copy of any document or material),
(b)
(b) to give any explanation or provide any other information, or
(c)
(c) to notify, report on, or make representations or a statement on, any matter,
to any transferor, or to any other person (“B”) on behalf of any transferor, in connection with the exercise by the transferor of any function which is transferred by article 4(2) to the Authority, but had not provided that document or material, given that explanation or information, or notified, reported on or made representations on that matter, before commencement.
(2) After commencement A is required or (as the case may be) entitled to provide that document or material, to give that explanation or information, or to notify, report on, or make representations on, that matter, to the Authority (or, as the case may be, to B on behalf of the Authority), but otherwise in the same form and containing the same particulars as would have been required before commencement.
(3) Paragraph (1) has effect no matter how the requirement or entitlement is expressed.
(4) Where the requirement or entitlement mentioned in paragraph (1) was subject to any provision requiring A to comply with the requirement or exercise the entitlement within a specified time (however expressed), that provision continues to apply in relation to the requirement imposed or entitlement given by paragraph (2), and the time period is to be treated as continuing to run without interruption.
(5) Where any person does anything after commencement in compliance with paragraph (2) in relation to which, if that thing had been done before commencement, a fee would have been payable to the transferor, he is required to pay that fee to the Authority, and the fee (insofar as it is not so paid) may be recovered by the Authority as a debt due to it.
(6) This article is without prejudice to the generality of article 5(1) and (2).
(7) This article has effect subject to any transitional provision or saving contained in Schedule 5 to this Order or in any other provision made under the 2000 Act.
Consequential modification of non-statutory provisions
7.—(1) Where a relevant provision is predicated on the continuing exercise of any transferred function by the transferor, any reference in the provision to the transferor has effect, in relation to any time after commencement, as a reference to the transferee.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies where—
(a)
(a) a relevant provision contains a requirement for consent to be given by the Building Societies Commission before the repayment by a building society of any sum owed by it, and
(b)
(b) the requirement was included in the relevant provision so as to comply with the terms of—
(i) an order made under section 45(5) of the Building Societies Act 1986 as that section had effect before the coming into force of section 21 of the Building Societies Act 19976,
(ii) an order made under section 119(1) of the Building Societies Act 19867, or
(iii) guidance issued by the Building Societies Commission pursuant to section 45AA of that Act8.
(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, the requirement has effect, in relation to any time after commencement, as a requirement for consent to be given by the Authority.
(4) Paragraph (5) applies where a relevant provision prohibits the payment or crediting of interest on any sum owed by a building society if the board of directors of the society is of the opinion that—
(a)
(a) there has been a failure on the part of the society to satisfy a criterion of prudent management, set out in section 45(3) of the Building Societies Act 19869as it had effect at any time before commencement, relating to the maintenance of adequate reserves and other capital resources, or
(b)
(b) there would be such a failure if the interest was paid or credited.
(5) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in that provision to that criterion has effect, in relation to any time after commencement, as a reference to the condition set out in paragraph...
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