100.— (1) If a participating institution has a right to set off a claim owing by it to a debtor against a claim owing by the debtor to it in relation to a bank asset, and NAMA or a NAMA group entity acquires the bank asset, the right is taken to continue in existence as between the participating institution and the debtor as if the bank asset had not been acquired and—

(a) the participating institution shall inform NAMA in writing of the existence of the right,

(b) if NAMA so directs—

(i) the claims shall be set off as if they were mutual claims when and to the extent that the right of set-off would have become exercisable or would have arisen if there had been no acquisition, and

(ii) the claims shall be taken to have been discharged to the extent of that set-off,

and

(c) if the claims are so discharged, the participating institution shall, as soon as may be, pay an amount equal to the amount of the set-off to NAMA or the NAMA group entity concerned.

(2) If a debtor exercises, or is taken to have exercised, a set-off of a claim made by a participating institution against an acquired bank asset, the participating institution shall, as soon as may be, pay an amount equal to the amount of the set-off to NAMA or to the NAMA group entity concerned.

(3) In this section—

(a) a reference to a right of set-off includes a right of combination of accounts and any similar right, and

(b) a reference to a claim includes a direct or contingent obligation.

(4) Upon and following the acquisition of a bank asset from a participating institution by NAMA or a NAMA group entity, for the purposes only of the set-off pursuant to subsection (1) the claims shall be taken to be mutual for the purposes of paragraph 17(1) of the First Schedule to the Bankruptcy Act 1988.