Yn ddilys o 01/05/1995
[F1333A Personal equity plans: tax representatives.U.K.
(1)Regulations under section 333 may include provision that a European institution cannot be a plan manager unless one of the following three requirements is fulfilled.
(2)The first requirement is that—
(a)a person who falls within subsection (5) below is for the time being appointed by the institution to be responsible for securing the discharge of prescribed duties which fall to be discharged by the institution, and
(b)his identity and the fact of his appointment have been notified to the Board by the institution.
(3)The second requirement is that there are for the time being other arrangements with the Board for a person other than the institution to secure the discharge of such duties.
(4)The third requirement is that there are for the time being other arrangements with the Board designed to secure the discharge of such duties.
(5)A person falls within this subsection if—
(a)he is not an individual and has a business establishment in the United Kingdom, or
(b)he is an individual and is resident in the United Kingdom.
(6)Different duties may be prescribed as regards different institutions or different descriptions of institution.
(7)The regulations may provide that—
(a)the first requirement shall not be treated as fulfilled unless the person concerned is of a prescribed description;
(b)the appointment of a person in pursuance of that requirement shall be treated as terminated in prescribed circumstances.
(8)The regulations may provide that—
(a)the second requirement shall not be treated as fulfilled unless the person concerned is of a prescribed description;
(b)arrangements made in pursuance of that requirement shall be treated as terminated in prescribed circumstances.
(9)The regulations may provide as mentioned in subsection (10) below as regards a case where—
(a)in accordance with the first requirement a person is for the time being appointed to be responsible for securing the discharge of duties, or
(b)in accordance with the second requirement there are for the time being arrangements for a person to secure the discharge of duties.
(10)In such a case the regulations may provide that the person concerned—
(a)shall be entitled to act on the institution’s behalf for any of the purposes of the provisions relating to the duties;
(b)shall secure (where appropriate by acting on the institution’s behalf) the institution’s compliance with and discharge of the duties;
(c)shall be personally liable in respect of any failure of the institution to comply with or discharge any such duty as if the duties imposed on the institution were imposed jointly and severally on the institution and the person concerned.
(11)In this section—
(a)“European institution” has the same meaning as in the M1Banking Co-ordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992;
(b)“prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations.
(12)The preceding provisions of this section shall apply in the case of a relevant authorised person as they apply in the case of a European institution; and “relevant authorised person” here means a person who is an authorised person for the purposes of the M2Financial Services Act 1986 by virtue of section 31 of that Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 333A inserted (1.5.1995) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 64(1)
Marginal Citations