Part 2The regulator and its functions
Staffing etc
15Provision of assistance etc: supplementary
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.