Part IVU.K. Permission to Carry on Regulated Activities

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. IV (ss. 40-55) extended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2636, arts. 1(2)(b), 3-24; S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)

Pt. IV (ss. 40-55) extended (with modifications) (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2636, arts. 1(2)(b), 35(5)(a); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)

Pt. IV (ss. 40-50) excluded (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3592, arts. 1(2), 107(2) (with art. 23(2))

Pt. IV (ss. 40-55) modified (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3592, arts. 1(2), 114(3)(a), 121(3), 128(3)(a) (with art. 23(2))

Variation and cancellation of Part IV permissionU.K.

44 Variation etc. at request of authorised person.U.K.

(1)The Authority may, on the application of an authorised person with a Part IV permission, vary the permission by—

(a)adding a regulated activity to those for which it gives permission;

(b)removing a regulated activity from those for which it gives permission;

(c)varying the description of a regulated activity for which it gives permission;

(d)cancelling a requirement imposed under section 43; or

(e)varying such a requirement.

(2)The Authority may, on the application of an authorised person with a Part IV permission, cancel the permission.

(3)The Authority may refuse an application under this section if it appears to it—

(a)that the interests of consumers, or potential consumers, would be adversely affected if the application were to be granted; and

(b)that it is desirable in the interests of consumers, or potential consumers, for the application to be refused.

(4)If, as a result of a variation of a Part IV permission under this section, there are no longer any regulated activities for which the authorised person concerned has permission, the Authority must, once it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary to keep the permission in force, cancel it.

(5)The Authority’s power to vary a Part IV permission under this section extends to including any provision in the permission as varied that could be included if a fresh permission were being given in response to an application under section 40.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3S. 44 modified (31.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3374, art. 1, Sch. para. 3

S. 44 extended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2636, arts. 1(2)(b), 46(3); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)

S. 44 extended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3592, arts. 1(2), 3, 4(1)(3), 8, 28(2) (with art. 23(2))

S. 44 amended (temp. from 3.9.2001 to 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2659, arts. 1(2), 3(3); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)

C10S. 44(1)(4)(5) modified (1.7.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 30.6.2010) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1342), arts. 1(2), 34, {Sch. paras. 1, 3}

Commencement Information

I1S. 44 wholly in force at 1.12.2001; s. 44 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 431(2); s. 44 in force for specified purposes at 3.9.2001 by S.I. 2001/2632, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2; s. 44 in force in so far as not already in force at 1.12.2001 by S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)