(1)This section supplements sections 13 and 14.
(2)A relevant authority must ensure that any of its staff involved in providing relevant assistance to the regulator have the appropriate skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours.
(3)For this purpose “relevant assistance” means anything done by the authority pursuant to a request or direction, for the purpose of facilitating the exercise by the regulator of a relevant function.
(4)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the reimbursement by the regulator of expenditure incurred by relevant authorities in complying with requests or directions.
(5)The Secretary of State may pay a relevant authority such amount as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in respect of things done by the relevant authority in complying with a request or direction.
(6)The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision in relation to requests and directions, including in particular provision about—
(a)things done by a relevant authority in connection with a request or direction;
(b)things done by an FSO authorised person in connection with a request.
(7)In this section—
“direction” means a direction given under section 13;
“FSO authorised person” has the meaning given by section 14;
“relevant authority” has the meaning given by section 13;
“relevant function” has the meaning given by section 13;
“request” means a request made under section 13 or 14.
Commencement Information
I1S. 15 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 170(2)(a)
I2S. 15 in force at 6.4.2023 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2023/362, reg. 3(1)(d)