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UK Financial Services Law
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1998
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Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11)
Introductory Text
Part I Constitution, regulation and financial arrangements (ss. 1-9)
Constitution and regulation (ss. 1-5)
1. Court of directors
1A. Power to alter membership of court of directors
2. Functions of court of directors
2A. Financial Stability Objective
2AA. Macro-prudential measures: Article 458 of the capital requirements regulation
2B. Financial Stability Committee
2C. Financial Stability Committee: supplemental
3. Functions to be carried out by non-executive members [Substituted with new ss. 3A-3F]
3A. Oversight functions of court of directors
3B. Oversight Committee: procedure
3C. Reviews
3D. Publication of reports of performance reviews
3E. Recommendations resulting from review
3F. Oversight functions: further provisions
4. Annual report by the Bank
5. Custody and use of the seal
Financial arrangements (ss. 6-8)
6. Cash ratio deposits
6A. Bank of England levy
7. Accounts
7ZA. Audit: role of Comptroller and Auditor General
7A. Accounts of companies wholly owned by the Bank
7B. Reports on Bank activities indemnified by Treasury
7C. Accounts of Bank companies carrying on activities indemnified by Treasury
7D. Examination by Comptroller and Auditor General
7E. Memorandum of understanding
7F. Review by the Treasury
7G. Right to obtain documents and information
7H. Restriction on disclosing information
8. Payments in lieu of dividends
Supplementary (s. 9)
9. Consequential amendments
Part IA Financial Stability (ss. 9A-9AZ)
Financial stability strategy of the Bank (s. 9A)
9A. Financial stability strategy
Financial Policy Committee of the Bank (ss. 9B-9G)
9B. Financial Policy Committee
9C. Objectives of the Financial Policy Committee
9D. Specification of matters relevant to economic policy
9E. Recommendations by Treasury
9F. Other general duties
9G. Functions of the Financial Policy Committee
Directions by Financial Policy Committee (ss. 9H-9N)
9H. Directions to FCA or PRA requiring macro-prudential measures
9I. Compliance with directions under section 9H
9J. Revocation of directions under section 9H
9K. Further provisions about directions under section 9H
9L. Macro-prudential measures
9M. Statements of policy by Financial Policy Committee
9N. Parliamentary control of orders under section 9L
Recommendations by Financial Policy Committee (ss. 9O-9R)
9O. Making of recommendations within the Bank
9P. Recommendations to Treasury
9Q. Recommendations to FCA and PRA
9R. Recommendations to other persons
Explanation (s. 9S)
9S. Duty to prepare explanation
Review (s. 9T)
9T. Duty to review directions and recommendations
Publication of record of meetings (ss. 9U-9V)
9U. Publication of record of meetings
9V. Deferred publication
Financial stability reports by Financial Policy Committee (s. 9W)
9W. Financial stability reports by Financial Policy Committee
Meetings between Governor and Chancellor of the Exchequer (s. 9X)
9X. Meetings between Governor and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Power of Bank to require FCA to provide information (ss. 9Y-9Z)
9Y. Directions requiring information or documents
9Z. Further provisions about directions under section 9Y
Supplementary (s. 9ZA)
9ZA. Interpretation of Part 1A
Part II Monetary Policy (ss. 10-20)
Role of the Bank (ss. 10-12)
10. Operational responsibility
11. Objectives
12. Specification of matters relevant to objectives
Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank (ss. 13-16)
13. Monetary Policy Committee
14. Publication of statements about decisions
15. Publication of minutes of meetings
16. Functions of court of directors
Information and reports (ss. 17-18)
17. Power to obtain information
18. Reports
Treasury's reserve powers (s. 19)
19. Reserve powers
Supplementary (s. 20)
20. Interpretation of Part II
Part III Transfer of supervisory functions of the Bank to the Financial Services Authority (ss. 21-30)
21. Transfer
22. Supplementary provisions
23. Consequential amendments
24. Status
25. Liability
26. Power to charge fees
27. Power to channel information through agent
Consequential changes to banking bodies (ss. 28-29)
28. Board of Banking Supervision
29. Deposit Protection Board
Supplementary (s. 30)
30. Interpretation of Part III
Part IIIA Prudential Regulation (ss. 30A-30C)
30A. Prudential Regulation Committee
30B. Recommendations by Treasury
30C. Operational independence
Part IIIB Central counterparties and central securities depositories (ss. 30D-30I)
30D. Exercise of functions relating to CCPs and CSDs
30E. Regulatory principles
30F. Financial Market Infrastructure Committee
30G. Functions of the Financial Market Infrastructure Committee
30H. Information
30I. Recommendations by Treasury
Part IV Miscellaneous and general (ss. 31-46)
Miscellaneous (ss. 31-36)
31. Qualifications of a designated agency
32. Listed institutions: exemption of transactions with Treasury
33. Closure of National Savings Stock Register to gilts
34. Provision of brokerage service in connection with gilt registration
35. Section 207 of the Companies Act 1989: bearer securities
36. Disclosure of information: minor amendments
General (ss. 37-43)
37. Restriction on disclosure of information
38. Offences in relation to supplying information to the Bank
39. Offences by bodies corporate
40. Orders
41. General interpretation
42. Transitional provisions and savings
43. Repeals
Final provisions (ss. 44-46)
44. Extent
45. Commencement
46. Short title
Schedule 1 Court of directors
Schedule 2 Cash ratio deposits
Schedule 2ZA Bank of England levy
Schedule 2A Financial Policy Committee
Schedule 3 Monetary Policy Committee
Schedule 4 Transfer of functions: supplementary provisions
Schedule 5 Transfer of functions: consequential amendments
Schedule 5, Part I Banking supervision
Schedule 5, Part I Chapter I Banking Act 1987 (paras. 1-20)
Schedule 5, Part I Chapter II Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 (paras. 21-35)
Schedule 5, Part I Chapter III Other Enactments (paras. 36-43)
Schedule 5, Part II Supervision under section 43 of the Financial Services Act 1986 (paras. 44-45)
Schedule 5, Part III Supervision under section 171 of the Companies Act 1989 (paras. 46-51)
Schedule 5, Part IV General: disclosure of information
Schedule 5, Part IV Chapter I Banking Act 1987 (paras. 52-59)
Schedule 5, Part IV Chapter II Other Enactments (paras. 60-72)
Schedule 6 Banking supervision fees
Schedule 6A Prudential Regulation Committee
Schedule 7 Restriction on disclosure of information
Schedule 8 Transitional provisions and savings
Schedule 9 Repeals and revocations
Schedule 9, Part I Repeals
Schedule 9, Part II Revocations
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Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11)
Part I Constitution, regulation and financial arrangements (ss. 1-9)
Constitution and regulation (ss. 1-5)
2C. Financial Stability Committee: supplemental
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