Section 215(8)

In this section— “appropriate chief clerk” has the same meaning as in section 202(7); “appropriate person” means— in a case where the money is held in an account maintained with a relevant financial institution, the relevant financial institution; in any other case, the person on whose authority the money is detained; “bank” means an authorised deposit-taker, other than a building society, that has its head office or a branch in the United Kingdom; “building society” has the same meaning as in the Building Societies Act 1986; “electronic money institution” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/99) (see regulation 2 of those Regulations); “payment institution” means an authorised payment institution or a small payment institution (each as defined in regulation 2 of the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/752)); “relevant financial institution” means a bank, a building society, an electronic money institution or a payment institution; “relevant seizure power” means a power to seize money conferred by or by virtue of— a warrant granted under any enactment or rule of law, or any enactment, or rule of law, under which the authority of a warrant is not required.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04