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[F1Applications for authorisationU.K.

261C.Applications for authorisation of contractual schemesU.K.

[F2(1)The operator and depositary, or proposed operator and depositary, of a contractual scheme may apply to the FCA for—

(a)an order declaring the scheme to be an authorised contractual scheme;

(b)an order declaring the scheme to be an authorised money market fund.]

(2)[F3An application under subsection (1)(a)]

(a)must be made in such manner as the FCA may direct;

(b)must state the name and the registered office, or if it does not have a registered office, the head office, of the operator or proposed operator and of the depositary or proposed depositary; and

(c)in the case of a partnership scheme, must be accompanied by a copy of the certificate of registration as a limited partnership under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907.

[F4(2A)An application under subsection (1)(b) must—

(a)be made in such a manner as the FCA may direct, and

(b)contain or be accompanied by such information as the FCA may reasonably require for the purpose of determining the application.]

(3)At any time after receiving an application and before determining it, the FCA may require the applicants to provide it with such further information as it reasonably considers necessary to enable it to determine the application.

(4)Different directions may be given, and different requirements imposed, in relation to different applications.

(5)The FCA may require applicants to present information which they are required to give under this section in such form, or to verify it in such a way, as the FCA may direct.

Textual Amendments

F2S. 261C(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(10)(a)

F3Words in s. 261C(2) 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(10)(b)

F4S. 261C(2A) 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(10)(c)

261D.Authorisation orders [F5: authorised contractual schemes] U.K.

(1)If, on an application under section [F6261C(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.

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(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 F8..., and the affairs of each must be administered in the [F9United Kingdom].

[F10(6)The operator and the depositary must each have a place of business in the United Kingdom.]

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(8)The operator and the depositary must each be an authorised person, and the operator must have [F12such 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

F5Words 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)

F6Word 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)

F7S. 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)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 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))

261E. [F13Authorised contractual schemes]: holding of unitsU.K.

[F14(A1)This section sets out requirements for the purposes of section 261D(1)(a) (authorisation orders).]

(1)The participants in [F15the] scheme must be entitled to have their units redeemed in accordance with the scheme at a price—

(a)related to the net value of the property to which the units relate; and

(b)determined in accordance with the scheme.

(2)The scheme must not allow units in the scheme to be issued to anyone other than—

(a)a professional investor;

(b)a large investor; or

(c)a person who already holds units in the scheme.

(3)The scheme must require the operator, if it becomes aware that units have become vested in a person to whom as a result of subsection (2) the units could not have been issued, to redeem the units as soon as practicable.

(4)In subsection (2)—

  • “professional investor” means a person who falls within one of the categories [F16(a) to (d) of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the markets in financial instruments regulation]; and

  • “large investor” means a person who, in exchange for units in the scheme, makes a payment of, or contributes property with a value of, not less than £1,000,000.

Textual Amendments

F13Words in s. 261E heading 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(12)

[F17261EAAuthorisation orders: authorised money market fundsU.K.

(1)If, on an application under section 261C(1)(b) in respect of a contractual scheme, conditions A and B are met the FCA may make an order declaring the scheme to be an authorised money market fund.

(2)Condition A is that the FCA is satisfied that the scheme will be able to comply with the requirements imposed on a money market fund under the MMF Regulation.

(3)Condition B is that—

(a)the scheme is an authorised contractual scheme, or

(b)the scheme—

(i)is the subject of an application under section 261C(1)(a), and

(ii)the conditions in section 261D(1)(a) to (c) are met in relation to that application.

(4)If the FCA makes an order under subsection (1), it must give written notice of the order to the applicant.

(5)In this Chapter “authorisation order” means—

(a)an order under section 261D(1), or

(b)an order under subsection (1) of this section.]

Textual Amendments

F17S. 261EA 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(13)

261F.Determination of applicationsU.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (2), an application under section [F18261C(1)(a)] must be determined by the FCA before the end of the period of six months beginning with the date on which it receives the completed application.

(2)An application under section [F19261C(1)(a) in respect of a contractual scheme which is a UCITS, or an application under section 261C(1)(b),] must be determined by the FCA before the end of two months beginning with the date on which it receives the application.

(3)The FCA may determine an incomplete application if it considers it appropriate to do so; and it must in any event determine such an application within twelve months beginning with the date on which it first receives the application.

(4)The applicants may withdraw the application, by giving the FCA written notice, at any time before the FCA determines it.]

Textual Amendments

F18Word in s. 261F(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(14)(a)

F19Words in s. 261F(2) 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(14)(b)

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