PART 3Transitional provisions

CHAPTER 3Appeals and references

Right to appeal after 1st April 2019 against a decision of the Regulator66

1

This article applies where—

a

before 1st April 2019, a person (“A”) had a right to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal under section 13 of the 2006 Act against a decision of the Regulator (“the relevant decision”);

b

A had not exercised that right on or before 1st April 2019; and

c

on 1st April 2019, the period within which, in the absence of this Order, the appeal could have been made has not ended.

2

A may appeal to the Tribunal in respect of the relevant decision before the end of the period within which, in the absence of this Order, an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal could have been made.

3

Section 133 of the 2000 Act101 (proceedings before Tribunal: general provision) applies in the case of an appeal to the Tribunal under paragraph (2).

4

For the purposes of that section, in relation to such an appeal, the relevant decision is to be treated as a decision of the FCA and a disciplinary reference.