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4.—(1) The FCA must maintain a register of—
(a)authorised payment institutions F1...;
(b)small payment institutions;
(c)registered account information service providers;
(d)persons providing a service falling within paragraph 2(k)(i) to (iii) or (l) of Schedule 1 who have notified the FCA under regulation 38 or 39 (notification of use of limited network or electronic communications exclusion);
(e)agents of authorised payment institutions, small payment institutions and registered account information service providers, registered under regulation 34 (use of agents); and
(f)the persons specified in regulation 3(1) (exemption for certain bodies) where they provide payment services.
(2) The FCA may include on the register any of the persons mentioned in paragraphs [F2(f)] to (i) of the definition of a payment service provider in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) where such persons provide payment services.
(3) Where a person mentioned in paragraph (h), (i) or (j) of the definition of a payment service provider in regulation 2(1)—
(a)is not included on the register; and
(b)provides, or proposes to provide, payment services,
the person must give notice to the FCA.
(4) The FCA may—
(a)keep the register in any form it thinks fit;
(b)include on it such information as the FCA considers appropriate, provided that the register identifies the payment services for which an institution is authorised or registered under this Part; and
(c)exploit commercially the information contained in the register, or any part of that information.
(5) The FCA must—
(a)publish the register online and make it available for public inspection;
(b)enter in the register any cancellation of an authorisation or registration;
(c)enter in the register a description of the service provided by a person included on the register by virtue of paragraph (1)(d);
(d)update the register without delay; and
(e)provide a certified copy of the register, or any part of it, to any person who asks for it—
(i)on payment of the fee (if any) fixed by the FCA; and
(ii)in a form (either written or electronic) in which it is legible to the person asking for it.
F3(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 4(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 26(2) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in reg. 4(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 26(3) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Reg. 4(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 26(4) (with reg. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/56, regs. 1, 8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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