The Building Societies Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Regulations 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/983
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Building Societies Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 30th April 1993.

Section 2 Amendment of principal Regulations

The Building Societies Appeal Tribunal Regulations 1987 shall be amended as follows:

(a) in regulations 2(1), after the definition of “appellant” there shall be inserted:

“the Banking Coordination Regulations ” means the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992) ;

(b) in regulation 4, for the words “c/o Her Majesty’s Treasury, Treasury Chambers, Parliament Street, London SW1P 3AG” there shall be substituted the words “15-19 Bedford Avenue, London WC1B 3AS”;

(c) in regulation 10(1) for paragraphs (i) and (ii) there shall be substituted the following:

(i) not earlier than 5 days after the date on which the notice is sent; and

(ii) not earlier than 21 days and not later than 35 days after the date of receipt by the secretary of the notice of appeal unless the chairman otherwise directs on the ground that he considers that the preliminary hearing should be held as a matter of urgency.

(d) in regulation 11(1), for the words “on an application under section 47(5) of the Act for the suspension” there shall be substituted the words “on an application for the suspension under section 47(5) of the Act”;

(e) in regulation 13(1)(c), for the words “commercially sensitive information” to the end there shall be substituted the words “which relates to a person who is not a party to the appeal and which is commercially sensitive or was communicated or obtained in confidence”;

(f) regulation 15(5) shall be omitted; and

(g) in the Schedule to the Building Societies Appeal Tribunal Regulations 1987 there shall be added the following paragraphs—

(5) In the case of an appeal against a refusal by the Commission to give a notice as required under regulation 22 of the Banking Coordination Regulations and under paragraph 3(1) or (2) or paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 6 to the Regulations, a copy of any notification of refusal to give such a notice under paragraph 4(6)(b) or paragraph 6(5)(b) of Schedule 6 thereof respectively.

(6) In the case of an appeal against a decision of the Commission to impose a restriction under regulation 23 of the Banking Coordination Regulations and pursuant to Schedule 7 to the Regulations—

(a) a copy of any notice served under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 7 thereof,

(b) a copy of any written representations made in accordance with paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 7 thereof,

(c) a copy of any notice served under paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 7 thereof, and

(d) a copy of any written representations made in accordance with paragraph 2(10) of Schedule 7 thereof.