Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 17 modified (20.2.2019) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(3), 62 (as amended (31.1.2020 immediately before exit day) by The Financial Services (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/56), regs. 1, 12(b))
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. XVII Ch. 3A inserted (6.6.2013) by The Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1388), regs. 1, 3(12) (with reg. 24)
(1)If, on an application under section [F3261C(1)(a)] in respect of a contractual scheme, the FCA—
(a)is satisfied that the scheme complies with the requirements set out in this section and section 261E,
(b)is satisfied that the scheme complies with the requirements of contractual scheme rules, and
(c)has been provided with a copy of the contractual scheme deed and a certificate signed by a solicitor to the effect that it complies with such of the requirements of this section or those rules as relate to its contents,
the FCA may make an order declaring the scheme to be an authorised contractual scheme.
(2)If the FCA makes an order under subsection (1), it must give written notice of the order to the applicants.
F4(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)The operator and the depositary must be persons who are independent of each other.
(5)The operator and the depositary must each be a body corporate incorporated in the United Kingdom F5..., and the affairs of each must be administered in the [F6United Kingdom].
[F7(6)The operator and the depositary must each have a place of business in the United Kingdom.]
F8(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8)The operator and the depositary must each be an authorised person, and the operator must have [F9such permission as may be necessary to act as operator] and the depositary must have permission to act as depositary.
(9)The operator must be a fit and proper person to manage the scheme to which the application relates.
(10)The name of the scheme must not be undesirable or misleading.
(11)The purposes of the scheme must be reasonably capable of being successfully carried into effect.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 261D heading inserted (28.6.2018 for specified purposes, 21.7.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Money Market Funds Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/698), regs. 1(2), 2(11)(a)
F3Word in s. 261D(1) substituted (28.6.2018 for specified purposes, 21.7.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Money Market Funds Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/698), regs. 1(2), 2(11)(b)
F4S. 261D(3) omitted (28.6.2018 for specified purposes, 21.7.2018 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Money Market Funds Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/698), regs. 1(2), 2(11)(c)
F5Words in s. 261D(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(a) (with reg. 73) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 18(g) and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in s. 261D(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(b) (with reg. 73) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 18(g) and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7S. 261D(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(2), 16(3) (with reg. 73) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 18(g) and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8S. 261D(7) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(2), 16(4) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in s. 261D(8) substituted (22.7.2013) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1773), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 261D(5) excluded (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EU) No. 760/2015, Art. 29(1A) (as substituted by The Long-term Investment Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/336), regs. 1(3), 34(2) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))