Section 986 | Meaning of “qualifying uncertificated eligible debt security unit”

(1)In this Part “qualifying uncertificated eligible debt security unit” means an uncertificated eligible debt security unit under which—

(a)the amount payable is at least £50,000, exclusive of interest, and

(b)that amount is payable at a specified time within 5 years beginning with the date on which the deposit is made.

(2)If an amount is denominated in a foreign currency, subsection (1)(a) has effect as if it referred to an amount which is at least the equivalent in that currency of £50,000 at the time the deposit is made.

(3)In this section “uncertificated eligible debt security unit” means an uncertificated unit of an eligible debt security where the issue of the unit corresponds, in accordance with the current terms of issue of the eligible debt security, to the issue of a certificate of deposit.

(4)In subsection (3)—

(a)“eligible debt security”,

(b)“uncertificated” (in relation to a unit), and

(c)“unit”,

have the meanings given by regulation 3(1) of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3755).

(5)For the meaning of “certificate of deposit”, see section 1019.