PART 2Depositor preference and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

I114Discharge of functions by the scheme manager

After section 224 of FSMA 2000 insert—

224ZADischarge of functions

1

In discharging its functions the scheme manager must have regard to—

a

the need to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the discharge of those functions, and

b

the need to minimise public expenditure attributable to loans made or other financial assistance given to the scheme manager for the purposes of the scheme.

2

In subsection (1)(b) “financial assistance” includes the giving of guarantees and indemnities and any other kind of financial assistance (actual or contingent).

F115Power to require information from scheme manager

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I216Scheme manager: appointment of accounting officer

1

Section 212 of FSMA 2000 (the scheme manager of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (3)—

a

omit the “and” following paragraph (a),

b

after that paragraph insert—

aa

a chief executive (who is to be the accounting officer); and

c

in paragraph (b), after “chairman” insert “ and chief executive ”.

3

In subsection (4)—

a

after “chairman”, in the first place, insert “ , chief executive ”, and

b

after “chairman”, in the second place, insert “ and the chief executive ”.