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Version date: 31 December 2014 - onwards
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220. Insolvency, &c.

(1) Banknote regulations may make provision in connection with the application to an authorised bank of -

(a) the special resolution regime (under Parts 1 to 3), or

(b) a provision about insolvency within the meaning of section 217(6).

(2) The regulations may, in particular -

(a) provide for the destruction of banknotes which have not been issued;

(b) provide for the destruction of banknotes which have been exchanged in accordance with section 217(5)(c);

(c) extinguish a claim to or interest in un-issued or exchanged banknotes.

(3) A right to rely on section 213 cannot be transferred by or acquired from an authorised bank (and, in particular, cannot be acquired by virtue of or in connection with anything done under Part 1).

(4) The fact that an authorised bank is taken into temporary public ownership in accordance with section 13 does not itself prevent the bank from relying on section 213.