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72.—(1) An AIFM falls within this paragraph if—
(a)it manages an AIF immediately before 22nd July 2013; and
(b)in the case of a third country AIFM, it markets that AIF in an EEA State before 22nd July 2013.
(2) Until the relevant date, an AIFM falling within paragraph (1) need not comply with implementing provisions other than those imposed by this regulation.
(3) A UK AIFM falling within paragraph (1) must submit an application for—
(a)a Part 4A permission to carry on the regulated activity of managing an AIF, or
(b)registration as a small registered UK AIFM,
before 22nd July 2014.
(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply to an AIFM that ceases to manage AIFs before 22nd July 2014.
(5) Part 6 does not apply in respect of an AIF managed by an AIFM falling within paragraph (1) until the relevant date.
(6) Until the relevant date, amendments and modifications to other enactments made by these Regulations [F2or the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Order 2014] do not have effect in respect of an AIFM falling within paragraph (1) except in so far as they relate to the making or determination of applications for registration as a small registered UK AIFM or for a Part 4A permission to carry on the regulated activity of managing an AIF.
[F3(6A) Paragraphs (6B) and (6C) apply where a UK AIFM falling within paragraph (1) submits an application in accordance with paragraph (3)(a) or (b), but on 22nd July 2014—
(a)where the application was submitted in accordance with paragraph (3)(a), the AIFM does not have a Part 4A permission to carry on the regulated activity of managing an AIF;
(b)where the application was submitted in accordance with paragraph (3)(b), the AIFM is not a small registered UK AIFM;
(c)the AIFM has not received a decision notice from the FCA or the PRA refusing the application; and
(d)the AIFM has not withdrawn the application in accordance with section 55V(4) of the Act (determination of applications).
(6B) During the additional transitional period—
(a)sections 19(1) (the general prohibition) and 20(1) and (1A) of the Act (authorised persons acting without permission) do not apply to the AIFM in respect of the activities to which the application relates, in so far as those activities are specified in article 51ZC of the Regulated Activities Order;
(b)notwithstanding paragraph (5), Part 6 of these Regulations does not apply to the AIFM in respect of the AIFs to which the application relates;
(c)all other implementing provisions apply in respect of the AIFM—
(i)where the application was submitted in accordance with paragraph (3)(a), as if the appropriate regulator (within the meaning of section 55V(1) of the Act (determination of applications)) had given the AIFM written notice on 22nd July 2014 granting its application with immediate effect;
(ii)where the application was submitted in accordance with paragraph (3)(b), as if the AIFM had been entered on the register of small registered UK AIFMs on 22nd July 2014; and
(d)if the AIFM is not an authorised person and is not an unauthorised AIFM (as defined in regulation 71(5)), the AIFM is to be treated as an unauthorised AIFM for the purposes of paragraphs (1) to (4) of regulation 71 (application of provisions of the Act to unauthorised AIFMs).
(6C) In paragraph (6B) “the additional transitional period” means the period starting on 22nd July 2014 and ending—
(a)where the application was submitted in accordance with paragraph (3)(a), on the date on which a Part 4A permission for the AIFM to carry on the regulated activity of managing an AIF has effect;
(b)where the application was submitted in accordance with paragraph (3)(b), on the date on which the AIFM becomes a small registered UK AIFM;
(c)on the date on which the FCA or the PRA gives the AIFM a decision notice refusing the application; or
(d)on the date on which the AIFM withdraws the application.]
(7) In this regulation, the “relevant date” means the earlier of—
(a)(i)in respect of a UK AIFM that complies with the requirement in paragraph (3) to submit an application before 22nd July 2014, and AIFs managed by it, the date on which the FCA or PRA notifies the AIFM that its application has been determined;
(ii)in respect of an AIFM established in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom that applies for authorisation in accordance with Article 6.1 of the directive or registration in accordance with Article 3.3(a) of the directive before 22nd July 2014, and AIFs managed by it, the date on which the relevant competent authority notifies the AIFM that the application has been determined;
(iii)in respect of an AIF managed by a third country AIFM that notifies the FCA under regulation 58 or 59, the date on which the AIFM gives the notification; or
(b)22nd July 2014.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regulations revoked (14.12.2023 for the revocation of reg. 79) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with s. 1(4)); S.I. 2023/1382, reg. 2(c)(vi)
F2Words in reg. 72(6) inserted (16.6.2014) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1292), arts. 1(2), 4(5)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2014/1313, arts. 1, 2(a))
F3Reg. 72(6A)-(6C) inserted (16.6.2014) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1292), arts. 1(2), 4(5)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2014/1313, arts. 1, 2(a))
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