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PART IIU.K. SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES

Chapter XU.K.F1Collective Investment ...

Textual Amendments

The activitiesU.K.

Establishing etc. a collective investment schemeU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F2Arts. 51ZA-51ZG substituted for arts. 51 and cross-heading (22.7.2013) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1773), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(12)

[F2Managing [F3a UK UCITS]U.K.

51ZA.(1) Managing [F4a UK UCITS] is a specified kind of activity.

[F5(2) A person manages a UK UCITS when the person carries on collective portfolio management of it.

(2A) In paragraph (2) “collective portfolio management” includes investment management, administration and marketing; and “administration” here means—

(a)legal and fund management accounting services;

(b)customer inquiries;

(c)valuation and pricing (including tax returns);

(d)regulatory compliance monitoring;

(e)maintenance of unit-holder register;

(f)distribution of income;

(g)unit issues and redemptions;

(h)contract settlements (including certificate dispatch);

(i)record keeping.”.]

(3) If a person manages [F6a UK UCITS] and also carries on other activities in connection with or for the purposes of the management of that UCITS, such other activities are also included in the activity specified in paragraph (1).

Acting as trustee or depositary of [F7a UK UCITS] U.K.

51ZB.(1) Acting as—

(a)the trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme, or

(b)the depositary of an open-ended investment company or authorised contractual scheme,

where the scheme or company is [F8a UK UCITS], is a specified kind of activity.

(2) In paragraph (1), “authorised contractual scheme”, “authorised unit trust scheme”, “trustee” and “depositary” have the meanings given by section 237 of the Act (other definitions).

Managing an AIFU.K.

51ZC.(1) Managing an AIF is a specified kind of activity.

(2) A person manages an AIF when the person performs at least risk management or portfolio management for the AIF.

(3) A person does not manage an AIF if the functions they perform for the AIF have been delegated to it by another person, provided that such other person is not an AIFM that has delegated such functions to the extent that it is a letter-box entity.

(4) Paragraph (5) applies if a person manages an AIF, and also carries on—

(a)one or more of the additional activities listed in paragraph 2 of Annex 1 to the alternative investment fund managers directive (the text of which is set out in Schedule 7) for that AIF; or

(b)one or more other activities in connection with or for the purposes of the management of that AIF.

(5) The additional or other activities are included in the activity specified in paragraph (1).

(6) Any expression used in this article which is not defined in this Order and is used in the alternative investment fund managers directive has the same meaning as in that directive.

Textual Amendments

F2Arts. 51ZA-51ZG substituted for arts. 51 and cross-heading (22.7.2013) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1773), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(12)

Acting as trustee or depositary of an AIFU.K.

51ZD.(1) Acting as—

(a)the depositary of an AIF falling within paragraph (2),

(b)the trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme which is an AIF that does not fall within paragraph (2), or

(c)the depositary of an open-ended investment company or authorised contractual scheme which is an AIF that does not fall within paragraph (2),

is a specified kind of activity.

(2) An AIF falls within this paragraph if it is—

(a)an AIF managed by a full-scope UK AIFM; F9...

F9(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) In paragraph (1)(a) “depositary” means—

[F10(a)a person appointed as a depositary by the AIFM in compliance with a requirement imposed by rule 3.11.10, 3.11.12 or 3.11.33 of the Investment Funds sourcebook; or]

(b)an Article 36 custodian as defined in regulation 57(5)(a) of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013.

(4) In paragraph (1)(b) “authorised unit trust scheme” and “trustee” have the meanings given by section 237 of the Act.

(5) In paragraph (1)(c) “authorised contractual scheme” and “depositary” have the meanings given by section 237 of the Act.

(6) Until 22nd July 2017, an AIF also falls within paragraph (2) if the FCA or an authority in another EEA State has permitted a person with its registered office or a branch in the United Kingdom to be appointed as a depositary of the AIF in accordance with Article 61.5 of the alternative investment fund managers directive.

Establishing etc. a collective investment schemeU.K.

51ZE.  Establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme is a specified kind of activity.]

Textual Amendments

F2Arts. 51ZA-51ZG substituted for arts. 51 and cross-heading (22.7.2013) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1773), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(12)