PART 6Temporary recognition for purposes of Part 17 of the 2000 Act
Temporary recognition for EEA UCITS or sub-fund of EEA UCITSI1C162
1
If the appropriate conditions in regulation 63 are satisfied, a stand-alone scheme or sub-fund is to be a recognised scheme for the purposes of Part 17 of the 2000 Act during the relevant period, despite the amendment made by regulation 7(3)(c).
2
The relevant period begins—
a
where the appropriate conditions are those in regulation 63(1) or (2), with F1IP completion day, or
b
where the appropriate conditions are those in regulation 63(3), at the end of the tenth working day following the day on which the FCA receive the notification for the purposes of regulation 63(3)(c).
3
The relevant period ends with the earliest of the following—
a
the day on which the operator of the stand-alone scheme or sub-fund is given—
i
written notice under section F2271H(1) or 275(3) M1 of the 2000 Act of the making of a recognition order under F3section 271A or 272 of that Act (as applicable) in respect of the stand-alone scheme or, as the case may be, in respect of the recognition of sub-fund's umbrella scheme in relation to the sub-fund, or
ii
a decision notice under section F4271H(3) or 276(2)(a) M2 of the 2000 Act relating to the refusal of an application made under F5section 271A or 272 of that Act (as applicable) in respect of the stand-alone scheme or, as the case may be, in respect of the recognition of the sub-fund's umbrella scheme in relation to the sub-fund,
b
if the operator of the stand-alone scheme or sub-fund gives written notice to the FCA that the operator—
i
desires the stand-alone scheme or sub-fund no longer to be a recognised scheme, or
ii
withdraws an application under section F6271A or 272 of the 2000 Act in respect of the stand-alone scheme or, as the case may be, in respect of the recognition of the sub-fund's umbrella scheme in relation to the sub-fund,
the day on which the notice is given;
c
if the operator of the stand-alone scheme or sub-fund fails to make—
i
in the case of a stand-alone scheme, an application under section F7271A or 272 of the 2000 Act in respect of the stand-alone scheme, or
ii
in the case of a sub-fund, an application under F8either of those sections in in respect of the recognition of the sub-fund's umbrella scheme in relation to the sub-fund,
during the period specified by the FCA in a direction under paragraph 68(2), the end of that period;
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References in an enactment to a recognised scheme as defined in section 237(3) of the 2000 Act (however expressed) are to be read as including a reference to a stand-alone scheme or sub-fund recognised by virtue of this regulation.