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Version date: 1 December 2001 - onwards
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Article 250 Meaning of "bank" and "recognised financial institution"

(1) Regulation 2 of the Executry Practitioners (Scotland) Regulations 1997 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) for the definition of "bank" substitute -

""Bank" means -

(a) a person (other than a building society) who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to accept deposits; or

(b) an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3 to that Act which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule to accept deposits as a result of satisfying the establishment conditions within the meaning of that Schedule;".

(3) In paragraph (1) for the definition of "recognised financial institution" substitute -

""recognised financial institution" means -

(a) any person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to accept deposits;

(b) an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3 to that Act which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to accept deposits;

(c) any subsidiary (as defined by section 736(1) of the Companies Act 1985) of a body falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above whose business or any part of whose business consists of the provision of executry services.".