- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person4
Employer1
Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.004
Bank of England approval
Regulated
- Comply with conditions the Bank of England attaches to approvalsAny Person
s.006
Backing assets
Regulated
- Hold sufficient backing assets for your banknotes in circulationAny Person
s.010
Unissued banknotes
Regulated
- Use only Bank of England-approved custodians for unissued banknotesEmployer
s.011
Cessation of note issue
Regulated
- Follow cessation procedure when stopping note issue or losing right to issueAny Person
s.012
Temporary continuation of note issuing after cessation
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Bank of England may permit temporary note-issuing after authorisation endsStatutory regulator
s.020
Notification of insolvency
Regulated
- Notify Bank of England immediately if you become insolventAny Person
s.027
Temporary continuation of note issuing after insolvency
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Bank of England may allow temporary note-issuing after insolvencyStatutory regulator
26 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Rules
s.005
Consultation before commencement of Regulations
s.007
Value of backing assets to be held by an authorised bank
s.008
Interest on a designated account
s.009
Ownership of, and interests in, backing assets
s.013
Provision of information to the Bank of England
s.014
Reports as to banknotes and backing assets
s.015
Independent reports
s.016
Publication or disclosure by Bank of England of enforcement action
s.017
Permitted publication or disclosure of information
s.018
Annual report by Bank of England
s.019
Interpretation
s.021
Note exchange programme
s.022
Rights of noteholders
s.023
Backing assets
s.024
Note exchange programme: commencement and duration
s.025
Unissued banknotes
s.026
Rules relating to a note exchange programme and destruction of banknotes
s.028
Notes issued after loss of note issuing rights
s.029
Modification of law of insolvency
s.030
Processes serving a similar purpose to insolvency
s.031
Laws serving a similar purpose to Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
s.032
Court orders
s.033
Penalties
Schedules
Schedules
0 of 22 shown22 other schedules
s.sch001
Interpretation
s.sch001
Modifications to the Bank Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 2009
s.sch001
Modifications to the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
s.sch001
Modifications to the Companies Act 2006
s.sch001
Modifications to the Banking Act 2009
s.sch001
Modifications to the Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986
s.sch001
Modifications to the Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991
s.sch001
Modifications to the Bank Administration Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009
s.sch001
Modifications to the Bank Insolvency (No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009
s.sch001
Modifications to the Bank Administration (Scotland) Rules 2009
s.sch003
Notice of proposal
s.sch003
Variation of proposal
s.sch003
Decision notice
s.sch003
Maximum penalty
s.sch003
Statement of policy on penalties
s.sch003
Service of notices
s.schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/wrapper1n2
A compromise or arrangement between a bank and its creditors...
s.schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/wrapper2n2
Company examinership
s.schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/wrapper3n2
Receivership
s.schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/wrapper4n2
Liquidation
s.schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/wrapper5n2
The appointment of a provisional liquidator
s.schedule/2/part/2/paragraph/wrapper6n2
Section 7 of the Central Bank Act 1971
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.