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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

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377B Excluded liabilities

(1) Each of the following is an “excluded liability”— (a) a liability with an original maturity of less than 7 days; (b) an amount payable in respect of goods delivered, or a service provided, on or after the date on which the write-down order is made; (c) an amount in respect of remuneration or expenses of a person appointed under section 377G to act as the manager of the write-down order (including amounts incurred before, as well as after, the person’s appointment in connection with the order or the application for the order); (d) an amount secured on property of any kind, other than an amount secured by a charge which, as created, was a floating charge; (e) an amount payable in respect of wages or salary arising under a contract of employment; (f) a contribution or other sum payable in respect of an occupational pension scheme; (g) an amount payable in respect of redundancy payments; (h) an amount payable under a contract or other instrument involving financial services. (2) In this section— “contract or other instrument involving financial services” has the meaning given by Schedule ZA2 to the 1986 Act, but does not include an agreement which is, or forms part of, an arrangement involving the issue of a capital market investment (see paragraph 6 of that Schedule); “floating charge” has the meaning given by section 251 of the 1986 Act or paragraph (1) of Article 5 of the 1989 Order; “redundancy payment” means— a redundancy payment under Part 11 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 or Part 12 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16)), or a payment made to a person who agrees to the termination of their employment in circumstances where they would have been entitled to a redundancy payment under that Part if dismissed; “wages or salary” includes— a sum payable in respect of a period of holiday; a sum payable in respect of a period of absence through illness or other good cause; a sum payable in lieu of holiday.

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377B Excluded liabilities

(1) Each of the following is an “excluded liability”— (a) a liability with an original maturity of less than 7 days; (b) an amount payable in respect of goods delivered, or a service provided, on or after the date on which the write-down order is made; (c) an amount in respect of remuneration or expenses of a person appointed under section 377G to act as the manager of the write-down order (including amounts incurred before, as well as after, the person’s appointment in connection with the order or the application for the order); (d) an amount secured on property of any kind, other than an amount secured by a charge which, as created, was a floating charge; (e) an amount payable in respect of wages or salary arising under a contract of employment; (f) a contribution or other sum payable in respect of an occupational pension scheme; (g) an amount payable in respect of redundancy payments; (h) an amount payable under a contract or other instrument involving financial services. (2) In this section— “contract or other instrument involving financial services” has the meaning given by Schedule ZA2 to the 1986 Act, but does not include an agreement which is, or forms part of, an arrangement involving the issue of a capital market investment (see paragraph 6 of that Schedule); “floating charge” has the meaning given by section 251 of the 1986 Act or paragraph (1) of Article 5 of the 1989 Order; “redundancy payment” means— a redundancy payment under Part 11 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 or Part 12 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16)), or a payment made to a person who agrees to the termination of their employment in circumstances where they would have been entitled to a redundancy payment under that Part if dismissed; “wages or salary” includes— a sum payable in respect of a period of holiday; a sum payable in respect of a period of absence through illness or other good cause; a sum payable in lieu of holiday.

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