111.—(1) In this article a reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation so numbered in the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006.
(2) Despite article 105(c) regulation 48 continues to have effect for the purposes of consideration by the FCA of whether a person is liable for a relevant default (within the meaning given in article 51(1) (penalties for conduct for which the Regulator has not given notice of proposed penalty)).
(3) Despite article 105(c) regulation 35 continues to have effect for the purposes of the conduct by the FCA of—
(a)an investigation by the FCA of a kind referred to in article 55(1)(a)(ii) or (iii) (investigation and prosecution after 1st April 2019 in relation to conduct before that date);
(b)an investigation on the FCA’s behalf of a kind referred to in article 56(2) (unprofessional conduct: continuation of investigation commenced by the Regulator).
(4) Despite article 105(c) regulations 34 and 37 to 45 (search warrants) continue to have effect for the purposes of article 60 (continuation of application made by the Regulator for a search warrant), and for those purposes—
(a)regulations 40 to 44A are to be read as if regulation 38(2) (definitions) defined a reference to an officer of the Regulator by reference to an officer authorised by the FCA for the purposes of section 165(3) of the 2000 Act;
(b)regulations 34(2) and (5)(c), 37(1), (2) and (5), 39 and 40(1) and (4) are to be read as if a reference to the Regulator, apart from in a reference to an officer of the Regulator, were a reference to the FCA; and
(c)regulation 34(2) and (5)(c) is to be read as if a reference to regulation 33 were a reference to section 165 of the 2000 Act (Regulators’ power to require information: authorised persons etc).
112. The Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2013 continue to have effect in relation to any damages-based agreement made before 1st April 2019 without the amendment made by article 102.