8.—(1) The Bank shall authorise a common contractual fund if, but only if—

F4[(a) either—

(i) the management company is authorised by the Bank under Part 2 of the European Union (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) Regulations 2013 or by the competent authority in its home Member State in accordance with Chapter II of Directive 2011/61/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 or in its Member State of reference in accordance with that Chapter II, or

(ii) the Bank is satisfied that the competence of the management company in respect of matters of the kind with which it would be concerned in relation to a common contractual fund and its probity are such as to render it suitable to act as management company under the common contractual fund,

(b) save where it is authorised as mentioned in paragraph (a)(i), the management company of the common contractual fund is a body corporate that has its registered office and head office in the State, and has, in the opinion of the Bank, sufficient financial resources at its disposal to enable it to conduct its business effectively and meet its liabilities,

(c) the custodian of the common contractual fund is a depositary as specified in Regulation 22(3) of the European Union (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) Regulations 2013,

(d) the Bank is satisfied that the common contractual fund is organised such that the effective control over the affairs of the management company and of the custodian of the common contractual fund will be exercised independently of one another,]

(e) the Bank has approved the deed of constitution and the deed of constitution contains a covenant providing that the common contractual fund will be carried on in compliance with the provisions of this Act,

(f) a copy of the deed of constitution is deposited with the Bank, and

(g) the name of the common contractual fund is not, in the opinion of the Bank, undesirable.

(2) An application for authorisation of a common contractual fund shall be made in writing jointly by the proposed management company and custodian of the proposed common contractual fund and shall contain such information as the Bank may specify for the purpose of determining the application (including such additional information as the Bank may specify in the course of determining the application).

(3) The authorisation of a common contractual fund by the Bank shall not constitute a warranty by the Bank as to the performance of the common contractual fund and the Bank shall not be liable for the performance or default of the common contractual fund.