SECURITISATION CELL COMPANIES REGULATIONS
Table of Provisions (36)
Statutory Text (36 Articles)
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 386.16
SECURITISATION CELL COMPANIES
REGULATIONS
28th November, 2014
LEGAL NOTICE 411 of 2014, as amended by Legal Notice 347 of 2016.
PART I
GENERAL
The title of these regulations is the Securitisation Cell
Companies Regulations.
(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires -
"the Act" means the Companies Act;
"ceding undertaking" has the same meaning assigned to it in the
Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations;
"cell" means a cell created by a cell company for the purpose of
segregating and protecting the cellular assets of the company in the
manner provided by these regulations and includes a reference to
segregated accounts, compartments or units within a company
having multiple accounts, compartments or units, by whatever
name designated, and the word "cellular" shall be interpreted and
applied accordingly;
"cellular assets" of a cell company means the assets of the
company attributable to any cell of the company as prescribed in
these regulations;
"cell company" is a company formed or constituted as such or, in
the case of regulation 21 converted into a cell company, and
creating within itself one or more cells to segregate and protect the
cellular assets of the company in accordance with the provisions of
these regulations;
"the competent authority" means the Malta Financial Services
Authority established by the Malta Financial Services Authority
Act;
"financial instruments" has the same meaning assigned to it by
the Financial Markets Act;
"Financial Services Tribunal" means the Tribunal established
under article 21 of the Malta Financial Services Authority Act;
"group" shall be construed in accordance with the definition
"group company" in article 2 of the Act;
"non-cellular assets" of a cell company means the assets of the
company which are not cellular assets;
"public securitisation vehicle" means a vehicle as referred to in
article 19 of the Securitisation Act;
"Registrar of Companies" means the Registrar appointed in terms
of article 400 of the Act;
"reinsurance special purpose vehicle" has the same meaning
assigned to it in the Reinsurance S pecial P urpose Vehicles
Regulations;
"securitisation cell company" is a cell company which enters into
transactions as referred to in regulation 4;
"securitisation vehicle" means a vehicle as referred to in article
3(1)(a) of the Securitisation Act.
(2) Words and expressions used in these regulations which are
also used in the Act, but which are not defined herein, shall in these
regulations have the same meaning as in the Act.
(1) The Act shall, subject to the provisions of these
regulations, and unless the context otherwise requires, apply to a
securitisation cell company.
(2) In so far as the provisions of the Act are inconsistent with
the provisions of these regulations or of any other legislation
applicable in terms of these regulations, the provisions of these
regulations and of any such legislation shall prevail and the
provisions of the Act shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, not
apply to a securitisation cell company.
(1) A securitisation cell company shall be established
solely for the purpose of either
(a) entering into securitisation transactions, other than the
assumption of risks as specified in paragraph (b), in
accordance with Part II of these regulations; or
(b) assuming risks as a reinsurance special purpose
vehicle from a ceding undertaking through reinsurance
contracts, or assuming insurance risks through similar
arrangements, in accordance with Part III of these
regulations.
(2) A securitisation cell company may not carry on any trade or
business, other than that relating or ancillary to a transaction as
referred to in sub-regulation (1).
(3) Notwithstanding that a securitisation cell company may
have created one or more cells
(a) a securitisation cell company is a single legal person;
and
(b) the creation by a securitisation cell company of a cell
does not create, in respect of that cell, a legal person
separate from the securitisation cell company.
(4) The assets and liabilities of each cell comprised in a
securitisation cell company shall, for all intents and purposes of
law, be treated as a patrimony separate from the assets and
liabilities of each other cell of the securitisation cell company, and
from the assets and liabilities of the securitisation cell company
itself.
(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the Act, the
name of a securitisation cell company shall, include the expression
"Securitisation Cell Company" or "SCC" immediately before the
word "limited" or its abbreviation "ltd." or the words "public
limited company" or their abbreviation "p.l.c." as applicable.
(2) A company shall not be deemed to be a securitisation cell
company until it has complied with the provisions of this
regulation.
(3) Without prejudice to article 6 of the Act, a securitisation
cell company shall also indicate in a suitable manner in all its
business letters and forms that it is a securitisation cell company.
(4) A securitisation cell company shall state that it is a
securitisation cell company in its memorandum of association, in
the manner provided in these regulations.
(1) Without prejudice to regulations 22, 24 and 32, a
securitisation cell company may only create cells by means of a
resolution of the board of directors of the securitisation cell
company to create a new cell for the purpose of entering into
transactions referred to in regulation 4(1).
(2) Each cell of a securitisation cell company shall have its
own distinct name or designation which shall include the word
"cell".
(1) Without prejudice to regulation 4(4), the assets of a
securitisation cell company shall be either cellular assets or non-
cellular assets.
(2) It shall be the duty of the directors of a securitisation cell
company to keep
(a) cellular assets separate and separately identifiable
from non-cellular assets;
(b) cellular assets attributable to each cell separate and
separately identifiable from cellular assets attributable
to other cells; and
(c) separate records, accounts, statements and other
documents as may be necessary to evidence the assets
and liabilities of each cell as distinct and separate from
the assets and liabilities of other cells in the same
company, and as distinct and separate from the non-
cellular assets and liabilities of the securitisation cell
company.
(3) The cellular assets of a securitisation cell company mean
the assets of the company attributable to the cells of the company.
(4) The non-cellular assets of a securitisation cell company
mean the assets of the company which are not cellular assets.
(1) A securitisation cell company may, in respect of any of
its cells, create and issue shares ("cell shares") the proceeds of the
issue of which ("cell share capital") shall be comprised in the
cellular assets attributable to the cell in respect of which the cell
shares were issued.
(2) The proceeds of the issue of shares, other than cell shares
created and issued by a securitisation cell company, shall be
comprised in the non-cellular assets of the company.
(3) A securitisation cell company may pay a dividend (a
"cellular dividend") in respect of cell shares.
(4) Cellular dividends may be paid in respect of cell shares by
reference only to the cellular assets and liabilities, or the profits
attributable to the cell in respect of which the cell shares were
issued; and accordingly, in determining whether or not profits are
available for the purposes of paying a cellular dividend, no account
shall be taken of -
(a) the profits and losses, or the assets and liabilities,
attributable to any other cell of the company; or
(b) non-cellular profits and losses, or non-cellular assets
and liabilities.
(5) Unless the context otherwise requires, references to shares
in the Act include references to cell shares.
A securitisation cell company shall
(a) inform, in writing, any person with whom it transacts
its business that it is a securitisation cell company; and
(b) for the purposes of that transaction, identify or specify
the cell in respect of which that person is transacting,
unless that transaction is not a transaction in respect of
a particular cell.
(1) In every transaction entered into by a securitisation
cell company, there shall be implied the following terms, namely
that -
(a) no party shall seek, whether in any proceedings or by
any other means whatsoever, to make or attempt to use
any cellular assets attributable to any cell of the
company to satisfy a liability not attributable to that
cell; and
(b) if any party succeeds by any means whatsoever in
using any cellular assets attributable to any cell of the
company to satisfy a liability not attributable to that
cell, that party shall be liable to the securitisation cell
company to pay a sum equal to the value of the benefit
thereby obtained by him.
(2) Any asset or sum recovered by a securitisation cell
company under the implied term set out in sub-regulation (1)(b) or
by any other means whatsoever in the events referred to in that
paragraph shall, after the deduction or payment of any costs of
recovery, be applied by the company so as to compensate the cell
affected.
(3) In the event of an executive warrant being issued or
enforced on a securitisation cell company in respect of any cellular
assets attributable to a cell and in respect of a liability not
attributable to that cell, and in so far as such assets or
compensation in respect thereof cannot otherwise be restored to the
cell affected, the company shall -
(a) cause or procure its auditor, acting as expert and not as
arbitrator, to certify the value of the assets lost by the
cell affected; and
(b) transfer or pay to the cell affected, from the cellular or
non-cellular assets to which the liability was
attributable, assets or sums sufficient to restore to the
cell affected the value of the assets lost.
Cellular assets attributable to a cell of a securitisation cell
company shall -
(a) only be available to the creditors of the company who
are creditors in respect of that cell and who are thereby
entitled, in conformity with these regulations, to have
recourse to the cellular assets attributable to that cell;
(b) be absolutely protected from the creditors of the
company who are not creditors in respect of that cell
and who accordingly are not entitled to have recourse
to the cellular assets attributable to that cell.
(1) Where any liability arises which is attributable to a
particular cell of a securitisation cell company -
(a) only the cellular assets attributable to that cell shall be
used to satisfy the liability; and
(b) any cellular assets not attributable to the relevant cell
shall not be used to satisfy the liability.
(2) Any liability not attributable to a particular cell of a
securitisation cell company shall be the liability solely of the
company’s non-cellular assets, provided that apportionments may
be made out of the assets attributable to the individual cells towards
the costs of the day-to-day administration of the securitisation cell
company.
(1) A securitisation cell company may, in respect of any of
its cells, issue financial instruments in one or more tranches, the
proceeds of the issue of which shall be comprised in the cellular
assets attributable to the cell in respect of which the financial
instruments were issued.
(2) When a securitisation cell company issues financial
instruments in respect of any of its cells, the offering document or
prospectus and any other documentation relating to the issue of the
financial instruments shall identify the cell in respect of which the
financial instruments are issued.
(3) Financial instruments issued in respect of a cell may be
denominated in different currencies.
(1) The directors of a securitisation cell company may
choose the base currency of a cell which may be different from the
currency of the non-cellular share capital.
(2) Where no choice is made in accordance with sub-regulation
(1), the base currency of a cell shall be the currency of the non-
cellular share capital of the securitisation cell company.
(1) A securitisation cell company shall draw up its annual
accounts in either the currency of its non-cellular share capital or
the base currency of one of its cells.
(2) The directors of a securitisation cell company shall
maintain proper accounting records of the assets and liabilities of
each cell in the base currency of that cell.
(3) The provisions of sub-regulation (1) shall mutatis mutandis
apply to the drawing up of any other reports or financial statements
which may be required under the Act or by the competent authority.
(4) For the purposes of sub-regulations (1) and (3), the
conversion from the base currency of a cell or the conversion from
the currency of the non-cellular share capital into the currency in
which the annual accounts of the securitisation cell company are to
be drawn up shall be done in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and practice.
(1) Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the
competent authority -
(a) to refuse to issue an approval to a securitisation cell
company carrying on the business of a public
securitisation vehicle to create one or more cells,
under regulation 24(1); or
(b) to withdraw an approval granted to a securitisation cell
company carrying on the business of a public
securitisation vehicle to create one or more cells,
under regulation 24(3); or
(c) to refuse to issue an approval to a securitisation cell
company carrying on business as a reinsurance special
purpose vehicle to create one or more cells under
regulation 32(2); or
(d) to withdraw an approval granted to a securitisation cell
company carrying on business as a reinsurance special
purpose vehicle to create one or more cells under
regulation 32(5),
may appeal against the decision to the Financial Services Tribunal
which shall have exclusive competence to hear appeals on the
matters listed in this regulation.
(2) The provisions of article 21 of the Malta Financial Services
Authority Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to appeals that may be
b r o u g h t b e f o r e t h e F i n a n c i a l S e r v i c e s Tr i b u n a l u n d e r t h i s
regulation
Provided that for the purposes of proceedings arising in
relation to sub-regulation (1)(c) and (d), the members appointed
under article 21(4) of the Malta Financial Services Authority Act
shall be substituted by persons to be appointed in accordance with
the proviso to article 57(1) of the Insurance Business Act.
(1) The competent authority may issue rules for the
purposes of Part II or Part III of these regulations.
(2) Such rules may contain such incidental, supplementary and
consequential provisions as appear to the competent authority to be
expedient for the purposes of these regulations.
PART II
SECURITISATION CELL COMPANIES CARRYING ON
BUSINESS OF SECURITISATION VEHICLES
The provisions of Part II shall apply to a securitisation cell
company carrying on the business of a securitisation vehicle in
accordance with the Securitisation Act, and any reference to a
securitisation cell company within this Part shall be construed as a
reference to a securitisation cell company carrying on exclusively
the business of a securitisation vehicle in accordance with the
Securitisation Act.
For the purposes of this Part, the following definitions
shall apply
"Continuation Regulations" means the Companies Act
(Continuation of Companies) Regulations;8"court" means the Civil
Court, First Hall;
"originator" has the same meaning assigned to it by the
Securitisation Act;
"securitisation" has the same meaning assigned to it by the
Securitisation Act;
"securitisation asset" has the same meaning assigned to it by the
Securitisation Act;
"securitisation creditor" has the same meaning assigned to it by
the Securitisation Act.
Without prejudice to the provisions of article 3(2) of the
Securitisation Act, the memorandum or articles of association of a
securitisation cell company shall state that
(a) the securitisation cell company may create cells for the
purpose of entering into securitisation transactions;
and
(b) the directors may, subject to the provisions of the
Securitisation Act and these regulations, carry out all
acts relating to the creation, operation and termination
of cells in a securitisation cell company.
A securitisation vehicle formed and constituted as a limited
liability company under the Act, or continued in Malta in terms of
the Continuation Regulations, may be converted into a
securitisation cell company, subject to the submission of a written
notification to the competent authority on the appropriate form
accompanied by the following documentation
(a) a copy of the board resolution approving the
conversion, and the extraordinary resolution amending
the securitisation vehicle’s memorandum and articles
of association;
(b) a copy of the letter sent to all the securitisation
vehicle’s securitisation creditors informing them of the
intended conversion and allowing them a period of
thirty days for the filing of any objections in court in
accordance with sub-regulation (3);
(c) a copy of the notice published in accordance with sub-
regulation (2);
(d) details of any representations received in reply to the
letter mentioned at paragraph (b) or to the notice
published in terms of sub-regulation (2); and
(e) any other information or explanations that the
competent authority may reasonably require.
(2) The notice required in terms of sub-regulation (1)(d) shall
be addressed to the company’s securitisation creditors, informing
them of the intended conversion and allowing them thirty days for
the filing of any objections in court in accordance with sub-
regulation (3); and it shall be published by the company as follows
(a) in a daily newspaper circulating wholly or mainly in
Malta; or
(b) where it appears that the majority of the creditors
reside outside Malta, in a daily newspaper circulating
wholly or mainly in such other jurisdiction outside
Malta; or
(c) where there is doubt as to where the majority of the
creditors reside, in a daily newspaper which has wide
international circulation.
(3) If a creditor of the company whose debt existed prior to the
issue of the letter or publication of the notice referred to in sub-
regulation (1) objects to the conversion by application filed in court
within the period of thirty days from the notification as aforesaid,
and satisfies the court that due to the proposed conversion the
satisfaction of his claims would be prejudiced and that no adequate
safeguards have been obtained from the company, the court shall
either uphold the objection or allow the conversion on sufficient
security being given.
(1) Without prejudice to article 18 of the Securitisation
Act, a securitisation cell company shall not commence business in
respect of any cell unless it has given notice on the appropriate
form to the competent authority that it intends to enter into one or
more securitisation transactions in respect of that cell.
(2) A securitisation cell company shall deliver to the Registrar
of Companies for registration a copy of the resolution to create a
new cell referred to in regulation 6(1), within fourteen days from
the date of the said resolution.
A securitisation cell company which falls within the
definition of a "public securitisation vehicle" in terms of article
19(1)(a) of the Securitisation Act as a result of the issuance of
financial instruments to the public on a continuous basis in respect
of one or more cells, shall comply with article 19 of the said Act in
its entirety and with any directives issued thereunder.
(1) Cells of a securitisation cell company which falls
within the definition of a "public securitisation vehicle" in terms of
article 19(1)(a) of the Securitisation Act may only be created with
the prior approval of the competent authority.
(2) An application for the approval of a cell under sub-
regulation (1) shall be made to the competent authority in such
form and manner, and shall be accompanied by such documents and
information verified in such manner, as the competent authority
may, from time to time, determine.
(3) The competent authority may impose restrictions on an
approval or may revoke an approval in any of the following
circumstances
(a) if any document or information accompanying such an
application for an approval or any information given in
connection therewith is false in any material particular
or if the holder of an approval conceals from, or fails
to notify to, the competent authority any document or
information or change therein which it was its duty to
reveal or notify; or
(b) if the holder fails to comply with any of the provisions
of this Part or any rules issued hereunder or with the
conditions under which the approval was granted; or
(c) if the cell is likely to become insolvent.
(4) A public securitisation cell company shall deliver a copy of
the approval of the creation of a cell to the Registrar of Companies
for registration within fourteen days from the date of issue of the
approval.
(1) A securitisation cell company may enter into one or
more securitisation transactions in respect of a cell created within
the securitisation cell company, provided that the securitisation
assets allocated to a cell shall originate from the same originator.
(2) A securitisation cell company may not enter into
securitisation transactions in respect of the non-cellular assets of
the cell company.
(1) Unless otherwise provided in any constitutive
do c u m e n ts o r ag r e e m e n t as r e f e r r e d t o i n a r ti c l e 2 2 o f t h e
Securitisation Act
(a) proceedings in relation to a securitisation cell
company shall respect the status of each cell as a
patrimony separate from the assets and liabilities of
each other cell of the securitisation cell company and
the cell company itself in terms of these regulations;
(b) where a provisional administrator or liquidator is
appointed under the Act, he shall
(i)
deal with the securitisation cell company’s
assets in accordance with the requirements of
regulation 7(2); and
(ii) in discharge of the claims of creditors of the
securitisation cell
company, apply the
securitisation cell company’s assets to those
entitled to have recourse thereto in accordance
with these regulations;
(c) proceedings under the Act shall apply mutatis
mutandis to a cell as though it were a distinct legal
entity operating in terms of the Securitisation Act, and
with such modifications as are necessary to
accommodate the fact that the cell is not a company;
and any proceedings in relation to one cell shall not
have any effect on the assets of any other cell of the
securitisation cell company or of the securitisation cell
company itself.
(2) The term "proceedings" in this regulation refers to any
proceedings in terms of Part V, Title II and Part VI of the Act.
(1) Save as otherwise provided by these regulations, the
provisions of the Securitisation Act and any rules or regulations
issued thereunder shall apply to a securitisation cell company and
to each of its cells
Provided that where any provisions of the Securitisation
Act, or any rules or regulations made thereunder, are inconsistent
with the provisions of these regulations, the provisions of these
regulations shall prevail and the provisions of the Securitisation
Act, or of any rules or regulations made thereunder shall, to the
extent of the inconsistency, not apply to a securitisation cell
company.
(2) For the purposes of this Part, any reference in the
Securitisation Act to securitisation assets shall be deemed to be a
reference to securitisation assets attributable to a particular cell of a
securitisation cell company, and any rights and liabilities related
thereto shall be construed accordingly.
(3) For the purposes of this Part, any reference in the
Securitisation Act to securities shall be deemed to be a reference to
securities linked to a particular cell of a securitisation cell
company, and any rights and obligations related thereto shall be
construed accordingly.
(4) Unless otherwise specifically determined in writing in the
terms of issue of securities, the privilege granted under article 16 of
the Securitisation Act shall only attach to securitisation assets
attributable to the relevant financial instruments issued in respect
of the relevant cell.
PART III
SECURITISATION CELL COMPANIES CARRYING ON
BUSINESS AS REINSURANCE SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES
The provisions of Part III shall apply to a securitisation cell
company carrying on business as a reinsurance special purpose
vehicle in accordance with the Reinsurance Special Purpose
Vehicles Regulations, and any reference to a securitisation cell
company within this part shall be construed as a reference to a
securitisation cell company carrying on exclusively business as a
reinsurance special purpose ve hicle in accordance with the
Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations.
For the purposes of this Part, the following definitions
shall apply
"EU Delegated Regulation" has the same meaning assigned to it
in the Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations;
"EU Implementing Regulation" has the same meaning assigned
to it in the Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations;
"EU Regulations" has the same meaning assigned to it in the
Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations;
"Insurance Rules" has the same meaning assigned to it in the
Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations.
(1) A securitisation cell company may enter into one or
more risk transfer arrangements in respect of a cell
Provided that all risk transfer arrangements attributable to
an individual cell shall originate from a single ceding undertaking
or from ceding undertakings belonging to the same group
Provided further that all contractual arrangements relating
to the transfer of risk from a ceding undertaking to the
securitisation cell company and from the securitisation cell
company to the providers of debt or financing shall clearly identify
the cell to which the transfer of risk relates.
(2) A securitisation cell company may not enter into risk
transfer arrangements in respect of the non-cellular assets of the
cell company.
(1) A securitisation cell company may only carry on
business as a reinsurance special purpose vehicle with the prior
authorisation of the competent authority granted in terms of the
Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations, subject to the
provisions of this Part.
(2) The competent authority may, from time to time, in such a
manner as it deems appropriate
(a) vary or revoke any term or condition subject to which
an authorisation under sub-regulation (1) was granted;
and
(b) impose any new term or condition in relation to any
such authorisation.
(1) The memorandum or articles of association of a
securitisation cell company shall state that
(a) the securitisation cell company may create cells for the
purpose of carrying out the activities of a reinsurance
special purpose vehicle through such cells; and
(b) the directors may, subject to the provisions of the
Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations and
Parts I and III of these regulations, carry out all acts
relating to the creation, operation and termination of
cells in a securitisation cell company.
(2) A cell of a securitisation cell company may only be created
with the prior approval of the competent authority.
(3) A securitisation cell company shall deliver a copy of the
approval of the creation of a cell to the Registrar of Companies for
registration within fourteen days from the date of issue of the
approval by the competent authority.
(4) The competent authority may, from time to time, in such a
manner as it deems appropriate
(a) vary or revoke any term or condition subject to which
an approval under sub-regulation (2) was granted; and
(b) impose any new term or condition in relation to any
such approval.
(5) The competent authority may withdraw its approval in
respect of any cell or cells of the securitisation cell company on the
same grounds and on the same basis as referred to in regulation 10
of the Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations.
An application for the creation of a new cell shall be made
to the competent authority in such form and manner, and shall be
accompanied by such documents and information verified in such
manner as may be determined by Insurance Rules.
(1) Without prejudice to Article 321 of the EU Delegated
Regulation and regulation 13(2)(f) of the Reinsurance Special
Purpose Vehicles Regulations -
(a) proceedings in relation to a securitisation cell
company shall respect the status of each cell as a
patrimony separate from the assets and liabilities of
each other cell of the securitisation cell company and
the cell company itself in terms of these regulations;
(b) where a provisional administrator or liquidator is
appointed under the Act, he shall
(i)
deal with the securitisation cell company’s
assets in accordance with the requirements of
regulation 7(2); and
(ii) in discharge of the claims of creditors of the
securitisation cell
company, apply the
securitisation cell company’s assets to those
entitled to have recourse thereto in accordance
with these regulations;
(c) proceedings under the Act shall apply mutatis
mutandis to a cell as though it were a distinct legal
entity operating in terms of the Reinsurance Special
Purpose Vehicles Regulations, and with such
modifications as are necessary to accommodate the
fact that the cell is not a company; and any
proceedings in relation to one cell shall not have any
effect on the assets of any other cell of the
securitisation cell company or of the securitisation cell
company itself.
(2) The term "proceedings" in this regulation refers to any
proceedings in terms of Part V, Title II and Part VI of the Act.
(1) Save as otherwise varied by this regulation, the
p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e R e i n s u r a n c e S p e c i a l P u r p o s e Ve h i c l e s
Regulations and any Insurance Rules issued thereunder, shall
mutatis mutandis apply to a securitisation cell company carrying on
the business of a reinsurance special purpose vehicle
Provided that where any provisions of the Reinsurance
Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations, or any Insurance Rules
issued thereunder, are inconsistent with the provisions of these
regulations, the provisions of these regulations shall prevail and the
p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e R e i n s u r a n c e S p e c i a l P u r p o s e Ve h i c l e s
Regulations, or of any Insurance Rules made thereunder shall, to
the extent of the inconsistency, not apply to a securitisation cell
company carrying on business as a reinsurance special purpose
vehicle
Provided that the status of each cell as a patrimony separate
from the assets and liabilities of each other cell and of the
securitisation cell company shall be respected
Provided further that a securitisation cell company set up in
accordance with this Part may enter into contractual arrangements
and risk transfer arrangements giving rise to rights and obligations
in respect of a cell to the exclusion of other cells.
(2) The following provisions of the Reinsurance Special
Purpose Vehicles Regulations shall apply to a securitisation cell
company in the manner provided hereunder
(a) regulation 9 of the Reinsurance Special Purpose
Vehicles Regulations shall apply to a securitisation
cell company as a whole and on a cell by cell basis;
(b) without prejudice to regulation 32(5), regulation 10 of
the Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles Regulations
shall apply to a securitisation cell company as a whole.
(3) The following provisions of the EU Regulations shall apply
to a securitisation cell company in the manner provided hereunder
(a) article 318 of the EU Delegated Regulation shall apply
to a securitisation cell company as follows
(i)
paragraph (a) thereof shall apply
to
a
securitisation cell company as a whole;
(ii) paragraph (b) thereof shall apply
to
a
SECURITISATION CELL COMPANIES
securitisation cell company as a whole and in
respect of each of its cells individually;
(iii) paragraph (c) thereof shall apply in so far as the
contractual arrangements to be entered into by a
securitisation cell company in respect of any of
its cells, and the investment in respect of such
cell shall satisfy the conditions set out in
Articles 319 to 321 of the EU Delegated
Regulation;
(iv) paragraph (d) thereof shall be deemed to require
the persons who effectively direct or manage the
securitisation cell company to satisfy the
requirements of Article 322 of the EU Delegated
Regulation in respect of each and every cell as
well as the securitisation cell company as a
whole;
(v) paragraph (e) thereof shall apply to a
securitisation cell company as a whole with the
additional requirement that the securitisation
cell company shall also have the obligation to
disclose the identity of holders of shares with a
qualifying shareholding in any of its cells;
(vi) paragraph (f) thereof shall apply to the
securitisation cell company as a whole;
(vii)
subject to paragraph (g) thereof shall apply to
the securitisation cell company as a whole;
(viii)
paragraph (h) thereof shall apply to a
securitisation cell company as a whole and in
respect of each of its cells individually;
(b) Articles 319 of the EU Delegated Regulation shall
apply to a securitisation cell company as a whole and
on a cell by cell basis;
(c) Article 320 of the EU Delegated Regulation shall
apply to a securitisation cell company in respect of
each cell individually;
(d) Article 325 of the EU Delegated Regulation shall
apply to a securitisation cell company with the added
obligation that reports to be submitted to the
competent authority shall clearly distinguish between
the activities carried out in respect of each individual
cell;
(e) Article 326 of the EU Delegated Regulation shall
apply to a securitisation cell company as a whole and
on a cell by cell basis;
(f)
Article 327 of the EU Delegated Regulation shall
apply to a securitisation cell company as a whole and
on a cell by cell basis;
(g) Articles 13 and 14 of the EU Implementing Regulation
shall apply to a securitisation cell company with the
added obligation that reports to be submitted to the
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competent authority shall clearly distinguish between
the activities carried out in respect of each individual
cell.