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[F11(1)If it appears to the FCA that an FCA-authorised person with a Part 4A permission is carrying on no regulated activity to which the permission relates, the FCA may exercise its power under this paragraph.U.K.

(2)The FCA's power under this paragraph is the power—

(a)to vary the Part 4A permission by—

(i)removing a regulated activity from those to which the permission relates, or

(ii)varying the description of a regulated activity to which the permission relates, or

(b)to cancel the Part 4A permission.

(3)The circumstances in which the FCA may form the view that an authorised person is carrying on no regulated activity include (but are not limited to) circumstances where the person fails—

(a)to pay any periodic fee or levy as is required by the FCA Handbook, or

(b)to provide such information to the FCA as is required by the FCA Handbook.

(4)The FCA Handbook” means the Handbook made by the FCA under this Act (as that Handbook is amended from time to time).

(5)If, as a result of a variation of a permission under this paragraph, there are no longer any regulated activities for which the person has permission, the FCA must, once it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary to keep the permission in force, cancel it.

(6)The power to vary a permission under this paragraph extends to including in the permission as varied any provision that could be included if a fresh permission were being given in response to an application to the FCA under section 55A.

(7)The FCA's power under this paragraph must be exercised in accordance with paragraph 2.]

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