Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1270

The Bank of England (Information Powers) Order 1998

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"parent undertaking" and "subsidiary undertaking" have the same meaning as in Part VII of the Companies Act 1985[2], but as if (in each case) - 

(a) the reference in section 260(2) of that Act (definition of "participating interest") to a holding of 20 per cent or more were a reference to a holding of 10 per cent or more, and

(b) the reference in section 258(4)(a) of that Act to a "dominant influence" were a reference to a "significant influence";

"securities" means shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, loan stock, bonds, relevant debt securities (within the meaning of section 17 of the Act), units of a collective investment scheme (within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986[3]) and other securities of any description, and includes any interest in any security;

"UK undertaking" means an undertaking which is incorporated in any part of the United Kingdom, or is a partnership or other unincorporated association formed under the law of any part of the United Kingdom;

"undertaking" has the meaning given by section 259 of the Companies Act 1985.

Relevant financial affairs
     2.  - (1) The financial affairs of an undertaking which are relevant for the purposes of section 17 of the Act (power of the Bank to obtain information) are those financial affairs which relate to any of the following, namely:

(a) (subject to paragraph (2) below) the holding, acquisition, creation or disposal by the undertaking of any asset, or the extinction of any asset of the undertaking;

(b) the owing, incurring or discharge by the undertaking of any liability, or the extinction of any liability of the undertaking;

(c)


(i) the charges made and interest rates applied by the undertaking, and

(ii) income received or receivable and expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the undertaking,



in relation to the provision of services or any other transaction;

(d) the making by the undertaking of any commitment to provide services or enter into any other transaction;

(e)



(i) the holding, acquisition, creation or disposal of any asset by the undertaking acting in the capacity as agent of, or trustee for, any other person;

(ii) the owing, incurring or discharge of any liability by the undertaking acting in that capacity;

(iii) the extinction of any asset held, or liability owed, by the undertaking in that capacity;



(f) the issue or redemption by the undertaking of any securities;

(g) in the case of a UK undertaking, the acquisition or disposal of any interest (whether direct or indirect) in the undertaking by an overseas undertaking which is, or which becomes or ceases to be by virtue of that acquisition or disposal, a parent undertaking in relation to that UK undertaking;

(h) in the case of an overseas undertaking, the establishment, maintenance or closure by the undertaking of a place of business in the United Kingdom.

    (2) In the case of a UK undertaking only, the reference in paragraph (1)(a) above to the holding, acquisition, creation, disposal or extinction of any asset includes:

(a) the acquisition or disposal by the undertaking of any interest (whether direct or indirect) in an overseas undertaking which - 


(i) is, or becomes or ceases to be by virtue of that acquisition or disposal, a subsidiary undertaking of that UK undertaking, or

(ii) is a parent undertaking in relation to that UK undertaking;



(b) the establishment, maintenance or closure by the undertaking of a place of business outside the United Kingdom.

Jim Dowd

Graham Allen
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

19th May 1998

[2] 1985 c.6. See section 258, which was inserted by section 21(1) of the Companies Act 1989 (c.40). Sections 259 and 260 of the 1985 Act were inserted by section 22 of the Companies Act 1989.back

[3] 1986 c.60.back