[178Obligation to notify the [appropriate regulator]: acquisitions of controlU.K.
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(1) A person who decides to acquire or increase control over a UK authorised person must give the [appropriate regulator] notice in writing before making the acquisition.
(2)For the purposes of calculations relating to this section, the holding of shares or voting power by a person (“A1”) includes any shares or voting power held by another (“A2”) if A1 and A2 are acting in concert.
[(2ZA)This section does not apply if the only regulated activity for which the UK authorised person has a Part 4A permission is the regulated activity specified in article 63S of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (administering a benchmark).]
[(2A)In this Part, “the appropriate regulator” means—
(a)where the UK authorised person is a PRA-authorised person, the PRA;
(b)in any other case, the FCA.]
(3)In this Part, a notice given under this section is a “section 178 notice” and a person giving notice is a “section 178 notice-giver”.]
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