The Capital Requirements Regulations 2013

Publication of written notices

43.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the appropriate regulator must publish a relevant notice in the way appearing to the regulator to be best calculated for bringing it to the attention of—

(a) persons likely to be affected by it; and

(b) persons who are, in the opinion of the regulator, likely to make an application for a similar permission.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if—

(a) the relevant notice relates to an application for a permission which has been refused; or

(b) the regulator is satisfied that it is inappropriate or unnecessary to publish the relevant notice.

(3) In deciding whether it is satisfied of the matters mentioned in paragraph (2)(b), the regulator must consider whether—

(a) publication would prejudice, to an unreasonable degree, the commercial interests of the person concerned or any other member of the person’s immediate group;

(b) publication of the relevant notice without mentioning the identity of the person concerned might avoid any adverse consequence of publication.

(4) In this regulation, “relevant notice” means a written notice—

(a) given under regulation 41 in relation to a decision of a regulator; or

(b) stating that an event referred to in paragraph (5) has occurred in relation to that decision.

(5) The events mentioned in paragraph (4)(b) are—

(a) the decision has been referred to the Tribunal;

(b) the decision has been suspended by the Tribunal;

(c) any suspension of the decision has been revoked by the Tribunal;

(d) the reference has been dismissed by the Tribunal.