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← Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011

Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011 s 25

s 25 Computation and method of payment of compensation under DI Scheme

25.—(1) The Agency must compute the amount of compensation due to any insured depositor in respect of the insured depositor’s insured deposits placed with a failed DI Scheme member in accordance with this Act. (2) In determining the eligibility and entitlement of any insured depositor to compensation and computing the amount of compensation due to any insured depositor, the Agency is entitled to rely on the books of the failed DI Scheme member and any other books which, in the opinion of the Agency, are relevant for such determination and computation. (3) Subject to subsection (4), the Agency must pay the compensation in such form and manner as may be specified in the Rules. (4) The Authority may make regulations for the purposes of payment of compensation by the Agency. (5) Without limiting subsection (4), such regulations may —(a) specify the person to whom, or the account into which, payment of compensation is to be made for the benefit of any insured depositor who is entitled to compensation under this Act; (b) provide for the payment of compensation in respect of any insured depositor holding insured deposits in different accounts; (c) provide for the payment of compensation into an equivalent account with another DI Scheme member and for such compensation to be held in that account in a manner equivalent to the manner of holding of the original insured deposit; and (d) provide for the treatment of any transfer order which has not been cleared and settled under the Rules of a payment system, in the computation of compensation due to any insured depositor who is entitled to compensation under this Act.[31/2018] (6) In subsection (5)(d), “transfer order” and “Rules” have the meanings given by the Payment and Settlement Systems (Finality and Netting) Act 2002.[31/2018]

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