Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 35
Banks And Banking
The Banking Act 2009 (Exclusion of Insurers) Order 2010
Made
6th January 2010
Coming into force
7th January 2010
The Treasury make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(2)(c) and 91(2)(c) of the Banking Act 2009( 1 ).
A draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with sections 2(5) and 91(4) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Banking Act 2009 (Exclusion of Insurers) Order 2010 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Interpretation: “bank”
2. In Part 1 (special resolution regime) and Part 2 (bank insolvency) of the Banking Act 2009 , “bank” does not include any institution with permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ( 2 ) (permission to carry on regulated activities) to effect or carry out contracts of insurance as principal.
Tony Cunningham
Frank Roy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
6th January 2010
2009 c.1 .
2000 c.8 . The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 ( S.I. 2001/544 ) specifies the kinds of activities which are regulated activities for the purposes of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Section 19 of that Act prohibits persons who are not authorised or exempt from carrying on any regulated activity in the UK.