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Part III Authorisation and Exemption
Part IV Permission to Carry on Regulated Activities
PART 4A Permission to carry on regulated activities
Part V Performance of Regulated Activities
Transferable securities: public offers and admission to trading
Powers exercisable in case of infringement of transparency obligation
Part VIII Penalties for Market Abuse
General rule-making powers of the FCA and the PRA
137B.FCA general rules: clients' money, right to rescind etc.
137C.FCA general rules: cost of credit and duration of credit agreements
137FB.FCA general rules: disclosure of information about the availability of pensions guidance
137I.Remuneration policies: Treasury direction to consider compliance
137M.Special provision relating to adequacy of resolution plans
137N.Recovery plans and resolution packs: restriction on duty of confidence
CHAPTER 2 Rules: modification, waiver, contravention and procedural provisions
Part XI Information Gathering and Investigations
PART 12A Powers exercisable in relation to parent undertakings
Part XIII Incoming Firms: Intervention by FCA or PRA
194. General grounds on which power of intervention is exercisable.
194A. Contravention by relevant EEA firm with UK branch of requirement under markets in financial instruments directive: appropriate regulator primarily responsible for securing compliance
194B.Contravention by relevant EEA firm of requirement in capital requirements directive or capital requirements regulation
195A.Contravention by relevant EEA firm , EEAUCITS or EEAAIFM of directive requirements: home state regulator primarily responsible for securing compliance
Part 15A Power to require FSCS manager to act in relation to other schemes
Part XVII Collective Investment Schemes
Chapter V Recognised Overseas Schemes
Part XVIII Recognised Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses
Publication of information by recognised investment exchange
Power to disallow excessive regulatory provision
300A.Power of appropriate regulator to disallow excessive regulatory provision
300C.Restriction on making provision before appropriate regulator decides whether to act
300D.Consideration by appropriate regulator whether to disallow proposed provision
300E.Power to disallow excessive regulatory provision: supplementary
Chapter II Competition Scrutiny
Part 18A SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FROM TRADING
313A. FCA's power to require suspension or removal of financial instruments from trading
313B.Suspension or removal of financial instruments from trading: procedure
313BB.Revocation of requirements: applications by institutions
313BC.Decisions on applications for revocation by institutions
313C.Notification in relation to suspension or removal of a financial instrument from trading
Part XX Provision of Financial Services by Members of the Professions
Standards for giving of pensions guidance by designated guidance providers
333H.Standards for giving of pensions guidance by designated guidance providers
333I.Monitoring of compliance with standards by designated guidance providers
333J.Failure by designated guidance providers to comply with standards: FCA recommendations
333K.FCA policy on making recommendations under section 333J
333L.FCA policy on making recommendations under section 333J: procedure
333M.Failure by designated guidance providers to comply with standards: Treasury directions
333N.Directions to designated guidance providers under section 333M: relationship with power to revoke a designation
Part XXII Auditors and Actuaries
Part XXIII Public Record, Disclosure of Information and Co-operation
SCHEDULES
The Financial Conduct Authority
The Prudential Regulation Authority
Appointed members of governing body
6.The appointed members must be appointed by the court of...
8.The court of directors must secure that the majority of...
10.The court of directors must have regard to generally accepted...
11.(1) Before appointing a person as an appointed member, the...
12.An employee of the FCA is disqualified for appointment as...
Further provision about the consumer financial education body
LIABILITY OF ISSUERS IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLISHED INFORMATION
1.Units (within the meaning in section 237(2)) in an open-ended...
2.Non-equity transferable securities issued by (a) the government of an...
4.Transferable securities unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the government, or...
5.(1) Non-equity transferable securities, issued in a continuous or repeated...
6.Non-fungible shares of capital— (a) the main purpose of which...
Prohibitions and Restrictions imposed by OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING
Further provision in relation to exercise of Part 18 functions ...
Part 2 Application of provisions of this Act in relation to Bank ...
Information gathering and investigations
11.The powers conferred by section 165(1) and (3) (power to ...
12.The power conferred by section 166 (reports by skilled person) ...
13.The powers conferred by section 167 (appointment of persons to ...
14.The power conferred by section 168(5) (appointment of persons to ...
15.An overseas regulator may, in accordance with section 169, request ...
16.The power to give information under section 176(1) (entry of ...
Part 3 Winding up, administration or insolvency of recognised clearing houses
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