{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2009/rule-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2009/rule-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/356",
  "legislation_title": "The Bank Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2009",
  "path": "rule/20",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Appointment of provisional bank liquidator",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) An application to the court for the appointment of a provisional bank liquidator under section 135 of the Act may be made—\n(a) by the Bank of England,\n(b) by the Financial Conduct Authority, with the consent of the Bank of England;\n(ba) if the bank is a PRA-authorised person (within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000), by the Prudential Regulation Authority with the consent of the Bank of England;\n(c) by the Secretary of State.\n(3) The application must be supported by a witness statement stating—\n(a) the grounds upon which it is proposed that the provisional bank liquidator should be appointed;\n(b) that the person to be appointed has consented to act,\n(c) that the person to be appointed is qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner,\n(d) whether to the applicant’s knowledge—\n(i) there has been proposed or is in force for the bank a company voluntary arrangement under Part 1 of the 1986 Act, or\n(ii) an administrative receiver is acting in relation to the bank.\n(e) the applicant’s estimate of the value of the assets in respect of which the provisional bank liquidator is to be appointed, and\n(f) the functions the applicant wishes to be carried out by the provisional bank liquidator in relation to the bank’s affairs.\n(4) The court may on the application, if satisfied that sufficient grounds are shown for the appointment, make it on such terms as it thinks fit.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 20(1) omitted (15.11.2010) by virtue of The Bank Insolvency (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2579), rules 1, 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 20(2)(b)(ba) substituted for rule 20(2)(b) (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 163(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 20 in force at 25.2.2009, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/356/rule/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:17:34.546410+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}