Commentary on Sections Introduction Section 1: Overview
25.This section introduces the main features of the special resolution regime. The special resolution regime includes the three stabilisation options (transfer to a private sector purchaser, transfer to a bridge bank and transfer to temporary public sector ownership), the bank insolvency procedure and the bank administration procedure. The stabilisation options are exercised through the stabilisation powers, which are the powers to effect the transfer of shares and other securities or property, rights and liabilities, by operation of law. These stabilisation powers include the onward, supplemental and reverse transfer powers referred to below. Each of the Tripartite Authorities—the Bank of England, the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority—has a role in the operation of the special resolution regime.