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(1)The Secretary of State may, on an application duly made in accordance with section 26 above and after being furnished with all such information as he may require under that section, grant or refuse the application.
(2)The Secretary of State shall grant the application if it appears to him from the information furnished by the applicant and having regard to any other information in his possession that the applicant is a fit and proper person to carry on the investment business and provide the services described in the application.
(3)In determining whether to grant or refuse an application the Secretary of State may take into account any matter relating to any person who is or will be employed by or associated with the applicant for the purposes of the business in question, to any person who is or will be acting as an appointed representative in relation to that business and—
(a)if the applicant is a body corporate, to any director or controller of the body, to any other body corporate in the same group or to any director or controller of any such other body corporate;
(b)if the applicant is a partnership, to any of the partners;
(c)if the applicant is an unincorporated association, to any member of the governing body of the association or any officer or controller of the association.
(4)In determining whether to grant or refuse an application the Secretary of State may also have regard to any business which the applicant proposes to carry on in connection with his investment business.
(5)In the case of an applicant who is authorised to carry on investment business in a member State other than the United Kingdom the Secretary of State shall have regard to that authorisation.
(6)An authorisation granted to a partnership—
(a)shall be granted in the partnership name; and
(b)shall authorise the carrying on of investment business in that name (or with the Secretary of State’s consent in any other name) by the partnership to which the authorisation is granted, by any partnership which succeeds to that business or by any person who succeeds to that business having previously carried it on in partnership;
and, in relation to an authorisation granted to a partnership constituted under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland or the law of any other country or territory under which a partnership is not a legal person, references in this Act to the holder of the authorisation or the authorised person shall be construed as references to the persons or person for the time being authorised by the authorisation to carry on investment business as mentioned in paragraph (b) above.
(7)An authorisation granted to an unincorporated association shall apply to the carrying on of investment business in the name of the association and in such manner as may be specified in the authorisation.
(8)The Secretary of State shall give an applicant for authorisation written notice of the grant of authorisation specifying the date on which it takes effect.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4S. 27 amended (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3218, reg.50.
s. 27 extended by S.I. 1995/3275, reg. 23(1)(2)
s. 27 applied (with modifications) (18.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1669, reg. 9(1)
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