Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

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[F1139APower of the FCA to give guidanceU.K.

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(1)The FCA may give guidance consisting of such information and advice as it considers appropriate—

(a)with respect to the operation of specified parts of this Act and of any rules made by the FCA;

(b)with respect to any other matter relating to functions of the FCA;

(c)with respect to any other matters about which it appears to the FCA to be desirable to give information or advice.

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(2)The FCA may give financial or other assistance to persons giving information or advice of a kind which the FCA could give under this section.

(3)Subsection (5) applies where the FCA proposes to give guidance to FCA-regulated persons generally, or to a class of FCA-regulated persons, in relation to rules to which those persons are subject.

(4)Subsection (5) also applies in relation to guidance which the FCA proposes to give to persons generally, or to a class of person, in relation to its functions under the short selling regulation [F3or the market abuse regulation [F4, any retained EU direct legislation originally made under the market abuse regulation or any subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978) made on or after IP completion day under the market abuse regulation]].

(5)Where this subsection applies, subsections (1), (2)(e) and (3) of section 138I (consultation) apply to the proposed guidance as they apply to proposed rules, unless the FCA considers that the delay in complying with those provisions would be prejudicial to the interests of consumers.

(6)The FCA may—

(a)publish its guidance,

(b)offer copies of its published guidance for sale at a reasonable price, and

(c)if it gives guidance in response to a request made by any person, make a reasonable charge for that guidance.

(7)In this Chapter, references to guidance given by the FCA include references to any recommendations made by the FCA to FCA-regulated persons generally, or to any class of FCA-regulated person.

(8)“Consumers” has the meaning given in section 1G.

(9)“FCA-regulated person” means—

(a)an authorised person, or

(b)any person who is otherwise subject to rules made by the FCA.]

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.