Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 9A substituted for ss. 138-164 (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 24(1), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(c), Sch. Pt. 3; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 9A applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Transparency of Securities Financing Transactions and of Reuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/542), regs. 1, 35 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1385, regs. 1(4), 56(7)) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C2Pt. 9A applied (31.12.2020) by The Solvency 2 and Insurance (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/407), regs. 1(2), 4, Sch. 3 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 27(a) and S.I. 2020/1385, regs. 1(2), 54(2))
C3Pt. 9A applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/335), regs. 1(1), 74 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1385, regs. 1(4), 52(7)) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C4Pt. 9A applied (1.7.2021) by Regulation (EU) No. 600/2014, Art. 49A(12) (as inserted by Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22), s. 49(5), Sch. 10 para. 9; S.I. 2021/739, reg. 3(o))
(1)The FCA may make such rules applying to authorised persons—
(a)with respect to the carrying on by them of regulated activities, or
(b)with respect to the carrying on by them of activities which are not regulated activities,
as appear to the FCA to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of advancing one or more of its operational objectives.
(2)Rules made under this section are referred to in this Act as the FCA's general rules.
(3)The FCA's general rules may make provision applying to authorised persons even though there is no relationship between the authorised persons to whom the rules will apply and the persons whose interests will be protected by the rules.
(4)The FCA's general rules may contain requirements which take into account, in the case of an authorised person who is a member of a group, any activity of another member of the group.
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Textual Amendments
F2S. 137A(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 9 (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3S. 137A(6)(7) repealed (1.1.2024) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 4 (with ss. 1(4), 7(4)); S.I. 2023/779, reg. 5(e)(i)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5S. 137A modified by S.I. 2008/2674, art. 29(1) (as substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 149(b)(i))
C6S. 137A modified by S.I. 2008/2644, art. 27(1) (as substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 147(b)(i))
C7S. 137A modified by S.I. 2008/432, art. 15(1) (as substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 136(d)(i))
C8S. 137A modified by S.I. 2008/2546, art. 37(1) (as substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 146(c)(i))
C9S. 137A modified by S.I. 2008/2666, art. 18(1) (as substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 148(b)(i))
C10S. 137A power to make rules modified by S.I. 2002/1775, reg. 3(1)(4) (as amended (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 77(4)(a))
C11S. 137A applied (with modifications) (13.8.2017 for specified purposes, 13.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Payment Services Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/752), reg. 1(2)(b)(ii)(6), Sch. 6 para. 3(1) (with reg. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2018/1201, reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 72(2) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8)); and (18.9.2023) by S.I. 2023/790, regs. 1(2)(a), 4(5)(a)(i))
C12S. 137A applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2011/99, Sch. 3 para. 2A(1) (as inserted (13.8.2017 for specified purposes, 13.10.2017 for specified purposes, 13.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Payment Services Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/752), reg. 1(2)(c)(iii)(3)(f)(i)(6), Sch. 8 para. 5(31)(a) (with reg. 3) and as amended (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2018/1201, reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 21(2)(b) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 1) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); and (18.9.2023) by S.I. 2023/790, regs. 1(2)(a), 2(3)(a)(i))
C13S. 137A(1) modified (13.3.2023 at 8.00 a.m.) by The Amendments of the Law (Resolution of Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/319), arts. 1(2), 3(1) (as amended (23.6.2023) by S.I. 2023/694, arts. 1(2), 3(3))
C14S. 137A(1) modified by S.I. 2009/3226, art. 20(1) (as substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 182(a)(i))
C15S. 137A(1) modified by S.I. 2009/814, art. 9(1) (as substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 167(b)(i))
C16S. 137A(3)(4) modified by S.I. 2002/1775, reg. 3(2)(a) (as amended (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 77(4)(b))