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5.—(1) This regulation applies where a person—
(a)applies to a regulator for permission under Part 4A of the Act to carry on the regulated activity of managing an AIF; and
(b)upon being given such permission would not be a small authorised UK AIFM.
(2) Where the applicant has a Part 4A permission pursuant to which it may carry on the regulated activity of managing a UCITS, the regulator may not require the applicant to provide information or documents which the applicant provided when applying for that Part 4A permission if such information or documents remain up to date.
(3) The regulator must not give the Part 4A permission unless—
(a)the applicant would be an AIFM and would be the only AIFM of each AIF it managed;
(b)the regulator is satisfied that the applicant will comply with the implementing provisions applicable to a full-scope UK AIFM;
(c)the applicant has sufficient initial capital and own funds in accordance with [F1rule 11.2.1 and section 11.3 of the Interim Prudential sourcebook for Investment Businesses]; and
(d)the shareholders or members of the AIFM that have qualifying holdings are suitable taking into account the need to ensure the sound and prudent management of the AIFM.
(4) The regulator must determine the application before the end of the period of three months beginning with the date on which it received the complete application.
(5) The regulator may extend the period mentioned in paragraph (4) for an additional period of three months where it considers it necessary due to the specific circumstances of the case, and where it has notified the applicant accordingly.
(6) Where the application is made to the PRA and cannot be determined by the PRA without the consent of the FCA, the FCA's decision must also be made within the period required by sub-paragraph (4), as extended under sub-paragraph (5) where applicable.
(7) If the regulator does not determine the application before the end of the period of six months beginning with the date on which it received the complete application, the applicant may refer the matter to the Tribunal.
(8) An application is complete for the purposes of paragraph (4) or (7) if it contains—
(a)information on the persons effectively conducting the business of the applicant;
(b)information on the identities of the applicant's shareholders or members, whether direct or indirect, that have qualifying holdings and on the amount of those holdings;
[F2(c)a programme of activity setting out the organisational structure of the applicant, including information on how the applicant intends to comply with its obligations under the following provisions, so far as they apply to an AIFM—
(i)the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
(ii)these Regulations;
(iii)rules made by the FCA;
(iv)Commission Delegated Regulation;]
(d)information on the remuneration policies and practices of the applicant that have been or will be adopted pursuant to implementation provisions relating to Article 13 of the directive;
(e)information about the investment strategies, including the types of underlying funds if the AIF is a fund of funds, and the applicant's policy as regards the use of leverage, and the risk profiles and other characteristics of the AIFs the applicant manages or intends to manage, including information about the F3... third countries in which AIFs are established or are expected to be established; and
(f)information on where the master AIF is established if an AIF that the applicant manages or intends to manage is a feeder AIF.
(9) Paragraph (10) applies if—
(a)any of the information required under implementing provisions relating to Articles 7.2(e) and 7.3(c) to 7.3(e) of the directive (information to be provided in application for authorisation) was missing from the application; and
(b)the Part 4A permission is given less than one month after the applicant supplied the missing information.
(10) The Part 4A permission is to be treated as given one month after the applicant submitted the missing information.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 5(3)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 4(1)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Reg. 5(8)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 4(1)(b)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in reg. 5(8)(e) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 4(1)(b)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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