Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Savers and transitional provisions

21. (1) A regulatory act taken by the Bank under a provision being amended or revoked by this Act on or before the commencement of such amendment or revocation, continues to have effect according to its terms.

(2) A regulatory act taken by the Bank under the relevant regulations in respect of a Solvency II undertaking on or before the commencement of this section continues to have effect according to its terms.

(3) The Bank may enforce a regulatory act referred to in subsection (1) or (2).

(4) The repeal of the repealed instruments does not preclude the taking of any legal proceedings, or the undertaking of any investigation, or disciplinary or enforcement action by the Bank or any other person, in respect of any contravention by a Solvency II undertaking of a provision of the relevant regulations or any misconduct which may have been committed by a Solvency II undertaking before the repeal of the repealed instruments.

(5) In this section—

“regulatory act” includes any direction, order, requirement, sanction, condition, appointment or request (however described) of a regulatory nature made, given or imposed by the Bank;

“Solvency II undertaking” means an undertaking to which Titles I, II and III of the Solvency II Directive applies.