Amendments to the Payment Services Regulations 20093

In Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Payment Services Regulations 20095 for paragraph 1 substitute—

1

Sections 66 (disciplinary powers) to 70 (statements of policy: procedure) of the 2000 Act apply but as if for section 66A (misconduct: action by the FCA) there were substituted—

66A

1

For the purposes of action by the FCA, a person is guilty of misconduct if, while a relevant person, the person has been knowingly concerned in a contravention of the Payment Services Regulations 2009 by an authorised payment institution or a small payment institution.

2

“Relevant person” means any person responsible for the management of the authorised payment institution or small payment institution or, where relevant, any person responsible for the management of the institution’s payment services activities.