Article 163 Cash ratio depositsI1

For sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Bank of England Act 1998 (cash ratio deposits) substitute—

“(1)

Each deposit-taker is an eligible institution for the purposes of this Schedule.

(1A)

“Deposit-taker” has the meaning given in section 17, except that it does not include—

(a)

a credit union;

(b)

a friendly society;

(c)

a person who has permission to accept deposits under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 only in the course of effecting or carrying out contracts of insurance in accordance with that permission; or

(d)

an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(c) of Schedule 3 to that Act.

(1B)

“Credit union” has the meaning given—

(a)

by the Credit Unions Act 1979; or

(b)

in Northern Ireland, by the Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.

(1C)

“Friendly society” means—

(a)

a society which is registered within the meaning of the Friendly Societies Act 1974; or

(b)

a society incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992.”.

In sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph, for “sub-paragraph (1)” substitute “sub-paragraphs (1) to (1C)”.