Deposit Takers Act 2023

Crisis management and resolution - Conduct of resolution - Bank may dispose of business undertaking or property, rights, or liabilities

329: Provisions applying where liabilities included in sale

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"What happens when a debt is sold to someone else"

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You are a licensed deposit taker. If you sell or transfer a liability, you are no longer responsible for it from the sale date. The person who was owed something can now ask the new owner to pay them instead of you. If only part of the liability is sold, you are still responsible for the rest. If a company or an overseas person has a liability and it is sold, the rules are a bit different. Even if the liability is sold, the overseas person is still responsible for it. This means they cannot avoid paying their debts by selling the liability.

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Part 7Crisis management and resolution
Conduct of resolution: Bank may dispose of business undertaking or property, rights, or liabilities

329Provisions applying where liabilities included in sale

  1. If all or any part of a liability of a licensed deposit taker (A) is included in any sale, transfer, or other disposition under section 319,—

  2. A, as from the date of the sale, transfer, or other disposition, is relieved from all its obligations in respect of the liability, or part of it; and
    1. the person entitled to performance in respect of the liability may enforce performance of the liability or part of it against the person to whom the sale, transfer, or other disposition is made in the same manner and to the same extent as the person was entitled to enforce performance against A; and
      1. the inclusion of part of a liability does not relieve A from any obligation in respect of any part of the liability not included in the sale, transfer, or other disposition.
        1. If all or any part of a liability of a body corporate formed and registered under section 314, or all or any part of a liability relating to the business carried on by an overseas person, is included in the sale, transfer, or other disposition, subsection (1)(a) does not relieve any overseas person from any obligation in respect of that liability.

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