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15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), [F1a regulator] may exercise its [F2own-initiate variation power or own-initiative requirement power (within the meaning of Part 4A of the Act)] in relation to an authorised person, if it appears to it that it is desirable to do so for the purpose of—
(a)carrying out supplementary supervision in accordance with the conglomerates directive;
(b)acting in accordance with any of [F3Articles 133, 134, 136, 138, 141, 142 or 143] of the banking consolidation directive (as they are applied by that directive or by [F3Article 2(1) or (2) and 37(1)] of the capital adequacy directive); or
(c)acting in accordance with Article 8(2) or Annex I.1.B of Directive 98/78/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on the supplementary supervision of insurance undertakings in an insurance group.
(2) [F4A regulator] may exercise its own-initiative power, for the purposes set out in paragraph (1), to vary a Part IV permission in any of the ways mentioned in [F5sections 55H(2), 55I(1), 55L(5)(b) or (c) or 55M(5)(b) or (c) of the Act]; and this extends to including any provision in the permission as varied that could be included if a fresh permission were given in response to an application under [F6section 55A] of the Act (application for permission).
(3) The duty imposed by [F7subsection (3) of section 55B] of the Act (the threshold conditions) does not prevent [F8a regulator] from exercising its own-initiative power for the purposes set out in paragraph (1).
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F1Words in reg. 15 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)
F2Words in reg. 15(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)
F3Words in reg. 15(1)(b) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Capital Requirements Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3221), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 1(5)
F4Words in reg. 15(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(c)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)
F5Words in reg. 15(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)
F6Words in reg. 15(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(c)(iii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)
F7Words in reg. 15(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(d)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)
F8Words in reg. 15(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(d)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)
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