Central Bank Act 1971

Duties of holder of licence on termination of banking business.

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31.—F121[(1) Where a holder of a licence F122[or authorisation under section 9A]ceases to carry on banking business in circumstances to which section 57 of the Central Bank Act, 1989, applies, he shall, as soon as may be, notify all persons having deposits (including deposits on current accounts) with him of such cesser and he shall, if any such person so demands, pay to that person forthwith the amount of his deposit together with the amount of any interest accrued thereon.]

(2) Where a holder of a licence F122[or authorisation under section 9A] proposes to cease carrying on banking business, he shall notify the Bank in writing of the proposal not less than three months before the date of the cesser.

(3) This section does not apply in relation to a cesser occasioned by the transfer of the business to which a licence F122[or authorisation under section 9A] relates to another holder of a licence.

Annotations

Amendments:

F121

Substituted (12.07.1989) by Central Bank Act 1989 (16/1989), s. 45, S.I. No. 176 of 1989.

F122

Inserted (1.08.2013) by Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (26/2013), s. 5(1) and sch. 2 part 2 item 15, S.I. No. 287 of 2013.

Modifications (not altering text):

C43

References construed (31.03.2014) by European Union (Capital Requirements) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 158 of 2014), reg. 152(a), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

152. Notwithstanding Regulation 7(1), the references, however expressed, to the holder of a licence under section 9 of the Act of 1971, in—

(a) sections 19 to 26, section 28, sections 31 to 42 or section 58 of the Act of 1971,

…

shall be construed so as to include any person who, but for the application of Regulation 7(1), was or would have been required to hold a licence under section 9 of the Act of 1971.

Editorial Notes:

E68

Previous affecting provision: references construed (1.01.1993) by European Communities (Licensing and Supervision of Credit Institutions) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 395 of 1992), reg. 38(1)(a)(i), in effect as per reg. 1(2); revoked (31.03.2014) by European Union (Capital Requirements) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 158 of 2014), reg. 161, in effect as per reg. 1, subject to transitional provisions.