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UCITS

43undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities that are established in accordance with the UCITS Directive.

JGPPI

2the FSA/OFT Joint Guidance on Payment Protection Products.

1986 Act

70(in BSOCS) the Building Societies Act 1986.

habitual residence

  1. (a) if the policyholder is an individual, the address given by the policyholder as his residence if it reasonably appears to be a residential address and there is no evidence to the contrary;
  2. (b) if the policyholder is not an individual or a group of individuals, the State in which the policyholder has its place of establishment, or, if it has more than one, its relevant place of establishment;
  3. (c) in respect of the variation of a life policy, or the purchase of a pension annuity related to a life policy, unless there is evidence to the contrary, the habitual residence of the policyholder at the date on which the policyholder signed the proposal for the life policy.1

name-passing broker

a person who arranges (brings about ) deals between counterparties at mutually acceptable terms and passes their names to each of them to facilitate the conclusion of a transaction.2

land

51in accordance with section 189(1) of the CCA, includes an interest in land, and, in Scotland, includes heritable subjects of whatever description.

zero-specific-risk security

5a notional debt security used, for the purpose of calculating PRR, to represent the interest rate general market risk arising from certain derivative and forward transactions as specified in BIPRU 7.2 (Interest rate PRR).

facilities

(in relation to a recognised body) the facilities and services which it provides in the course of carrying on exempt activities2. References154 to the use of the facilities of an RIE or RAP59 are to be construed as follows:25

  1. 25 59
  2. 25 59
  3. 25 59
  4. 25 59
  5. 25
  6. (a) dealings or transactions on an RIE or RAP are references to dealings or transactions which are effected by means of the RIE's or RAP's facilities or which are governed by the rules of the RIE or RAP; 15459
  7. (b) references to the use of the facilities of an RIE or RAP include use which consists of any such dealings or entering into any such transactions.59

early amortisation provision

89

  1. (1) (in BIPRU) (in accordance with Article 100 of the Banking Consolidation Directive (Securitisation of revolving exposures) and in in relation to a securitisation within the meaning of paragraph (2) of the definition of securitisation) a contractual clause which requires, on the occurrence of defined events, investors' positions to be redeemed prior to the originally stated maturity of the securities issued.

  1. (2) (except in (1)) has the meaning in article 242(14) of the EU CRR.

P2P agreement

  1. (a) (in relation to a borrower) in accordance with article 36H of the Regulated Activities Order, an agreement by which one person provides another person with credit (within the meaning of article 60L of the Regulated Activities Order) and in relation to which:140
    1. (i) the operator of the electronic system in relation to lending which facilitates the agreement does not provide credit (within that meaning), assume the rights (by assignment or operation of law) of a person who provided credit, or receive credit under the agreement; 140
    2. (ii) the borrower is an individual; and140
    3. (iii) either condition (A) or (B) is satisfied:140
      1. (A) the lender provides credit (within that meaning) of less than or equal to £25,000; or140
      2. (B) the agreement is not entered into by the borrower wholly or predominantly for the purposes of a business carried on, or intended to be carried on, by the borrower.140
  2. (b) (in relation to a lender) in accordance with article 36H of the Regulated Activities Order, an agreement by which one person provides another person with credit (within the meaning of article 60L of the Regulated Activities Order) and in relation to which either:140
    1. (i) the lender is an individual or was an individual at the time the agreement was entered into; or140
    2. (ii) if the lender is not an individual or was not an individual at the time the agreement was entered into, either condition (A) or (B) is satisfied, or was satisfied at the time the agreement was entered into:140
      1. (A) the lender provides credit (within that meaning) of less than or equal to £25,000; or140
      2. (B) the agreement is not entered into by the borrower wholly or predominantly for the purposes of a business carried on, or intended to be carried on, by the borrower;140
    provided, in either case, that the operator of the electronic system in relation to lending which facilitates the agreement does not provide credit (within that meaning), assume the rights (by assignment or operation of law) of a person who provided credit, or receive credit under the agreement.140
    3. 113

occupational pension fund management business

(in COMP) the business of carrying on:

  1. (1) pension fund management; or
  2. (2) (other than in connection with a personal pension scheme) pension fund management, written as linked long term business , for an occupational pension scheme or for an institution falling within article 2 of the Council Directive of 3 June 2003 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (No 2003/41/EC) but only to the extent that:
    1. (a) there is no transfer to the participant firm of:
      1. (i) investment, market, or credit risk;
      2. (iii) mortality or expense risk prior to any annuity being effected; and
    2. (b) any annuity options provide for the participant firm to change the annuity rates without prior notice.13

qualified investor

(in PR) (as defined in section 86(7) of the Act) in relation to an offer of transferable securities19:

  1. (a) 19a person or entity described in points (1) to (4) of Section I of Annex II to MiFID, other than a person who, before the making of the offer, has agreed in writing with the relevant firm (or each of the relevant firms) to be treated as a non-professional client in accordance with MiFID19; or
  2. (b) 19a person who has made a request to one or more relevant firms to be treated as a professional client in accordance with Section II of Annex II to MiFID and has not subsequently, but before the making of the offer, agreed in writing with that relevant firm (or each of those relevant firms) to be treated as a non-professional client in accordance with the final paragraph of Section I of Annex II to MiFID19; or
  3. (c) 19a person who is an eligible counterparty in accordance with article 24 of MiFID and has not, before the making of the offer, agreed in writing with the relevant firm (or each of the relevant firms) to be treated as a non-professional client in accordance with the final paragraph of Section I of Annex II of MiFID; or197
    1. 19(d) a person whom any relevant firm is authorised to continue to treat as a professional client in accordance with article 71(6) of MiFID.

      half-yearly accounting period

      (in COLL) a period determined in accordance with COLL 6.8.2 R (2) (Accounting periods).16

      joint enterprise

      (as defined in article 3(1) of the Regulated Activities Order (Interpretation)) an enterprise into which two or more persons ("the participators") enter for commercial purposes related to a business or businesses (other than the business of engaging in a regulated activity) carried on by them; where a participator is a member of a group, each other member of the group is also to be regarded as a participator in the enterprise. 1

      national bureau

      (in relation to an EEA State) a professional organisation which:

      1. (a) has been constituted in that State in accordance with Recommendation No 5 adopted on 25 January 1949 by the Road Transport Sub-committee of the Inland Transport Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; and
      2. (b) groups together insurance undertakings which in that State are authorised to conduct the business of motor vehicle liability insurance.2

      backwardation

      4a situation in which futures prices are lower than cash prices.

      land-related agreement

      51(in CONC App 1.1) a credit agreement which is

      1. (a) intended primarily to finance the acquisition or retention of land; or
      2. (b) intended to finance the renovation or improvement of a building,

      or any other credit agreement secured by a legal mortgage on land or, in Scotland, by a standard security within the meaning of the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970.

      national guarantee fund

      (in relation to an EEA State) a body which:

      1. (a) has been set up or authorised in that State in accordance with article 1(4) of Council Directive (84/5/EEC); and
      2. (b) provides compensation for damages to property or personal injuries caused by unidentified vehicles for which the insurance obligation provided for in article 1(1) of that Directive has not been satisfied.2

      occupational pension scheme

      1. (a) (a scheme24 specified in article 3(1) of the Regulated Activities Order (Interpretation)) which is, in summary, a pension scheme established for the purpose of providing benefits to people with service in employments of a prescribed description.24

      2015 Interchange Regulations

      129(in FEES 9) The Payment Card Interchange Fee Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1911).

      CAD 1 model

      48a risk management model of the type described in BIPRU 7.9 (Use of a CAD 1 model).

      UCITS Directive

      the European Parliament and43 Council Directive of 13 July 200943 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (No 2009/65/EC),43 , as amended.15

      IBNR

      32(in relation to claims (as defined for the purposes of INSPRU52 , SUP and TC)) claims that have been incurred but not reported arising out of events that have occurred by the balance sheet date but have not been reported to the insurance undertaking at that date.