2A.—(1) Section 137A of the 2000 Act applies for the purposes of these Regulations as if—
(a)references to authorised persons were references to authorised electronic money institutions, small electronic money institutions and EEA authorised electronic money institutions;
(b)in subsection (1)—
(i)the reference in paragraph (a) to the carrying on of regulated activities were to the issuance of electronic money, and
(ii)the reference in paragraph (b) to the carrying on of activities which are not regulated activities were to the carrying on of activities in connection with the issuance of electronic money;
(c)in subsection (5)—
(i)references to EEA firms were to EEA authorised issuance of electronic money institutions;
(ii)in paragraph (a), reference to permission conferred by Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the 2000 Act were to permission conferred by regulation 29A(2) of these Regulations;
(iii)in paragraph (b), reference to any of the single market directives or the emission allowance auctioning regulation were to the electronic money directive;
(c)after subsection (5) there were inserted—
“(6) The FCA may make a rule pursuant to paragraph (1) only if the FCA is also making, or has made, a rule under this section or section 137R concerning the same matter which applies to authorised persons in connection with the issuance of electronic money.”.
(2) Sections 137T (general supplementary powers) and 141A (power to make consequential amendments of references to rules) and Chapter 2 of Part 9A (rules: modification, waiver, contravention and procedural provisions) of the 2000 Act apply in relation to rules made pursuant to paragraph (1) as they do in relation to other rules made by the FCA under section 137A of the 2000 Act, subject to sub-paragraph (3).
(3) Section 138D (actions for damages) applies as if in that section subsection (6) were omitted and “private person” had the meaning given in regulation 72(3) of these Regulations.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 para. 2A inserted (13.8.2017 for specified purposes, 13.10.2017 for specified purposes, 13.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Payment Services Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/752), reg. 1(2)(c)(iii)(3)(f)(i)(6), Sch. 8 para. 5(31)(a) (with reg. 3)