The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups Regulations 2004

Made: 19th July 2004

Laid before Parliament: 19th July 2004

Coming into force: 10th August 2004

Whereas the Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to—the authorisation of the carrying on of insurance business and the regulation of such business and its conduct ;credit and financial institutions and the taking of deposits or other repayable funds from the public ;measures relating to investment firms and to the provision of investment services ; andcollective investment in transferable securities and other liquid assets ;

Whereas the Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to—

the authorisation of the carrying on of insurance business and the regulation of such business and its conduct ;

credit and financial institutions and the taking of deposits or other repayable funds from the public ;

measures relating to investment firms and to the provision of investment services ; and

collective investment in transferable securities and other liquid assets ;

Now therefore the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and sections 183(2), 188(2), 417(1) and 428(3) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 hereby make the following Regulations:

PART 1 — Introduction

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups Regulations 2004 and come into force on 10th August 2004.

• (2) In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

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• “competent authority”, except in the term “third-country competent authority” as defined in regulation 7(1), means any authority in the United Kingdom which is empowered by law or regulation to supervise regulated entities, whether on an individual or group-wide basis;

• “the conglomerates directive” means Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16th December 2002 on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate and amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC, 79/267/EEC, 92/49/EEC, 92/96/EEC, 93/6/EEC, 93/22/EEC, and Directives 98/78/EC and 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as last amended by Directive 2011/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;

• “co-ordinator” means the competent authority which has been appointed as responsible for the co-ordination and exercise of supplementary supervision of a financial conglomerate based on the criteria in regulation 2A of these Regulations;

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• “financial conglomerate”, except in the term “third-country financial conglomerate” as defined in regulation 7(1), has the meaning given in the Glossary of definitions in the FCA Handbook as it has effect on 17th August 2022;

• “financial sector” means a sector composed of one or more of the following entities—a credit institution, an ancillary services undertaking or financial institution, as defined in Articles 4(1)(1), 4(1)(18) and 4(1)(26) of the capital requirements regulation (the banking sector);an entity within the “insurance sector”, as defined by the Financial Conglomerates part of the PRA Rulebook as it has effect on 17th August 2022;an investment firm, as defined in Article 4(1)(2) of the capital requirements regulation (the investment services sector);a mixed financial holding company;

• “group” means a group of undertakings, which consist of—a parent undertaking and its subsidiaries;the entities in which the parent undertaking or its subsidiaries hold a participation as defined in article 4(1) (35) of the capital requirements regulation; andundertakings linked to each other by a relationship within the meaning of a common management relationship as defined in article 4(1)(38A) of the capital requirements regulation, including any subgroup thereof;

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• “management company” has the same meaning as regulation 2(2)(f)(c) of these regulations;

• “mixed financial holding company” means a parent undertaking, other than a regulated entity, which, together with its subsidiaries, at least one of which is a regulated entity which has its head office in the UK, and other entities, constitutes a financial conglomerate;

• “parent undertaking” has the same meaning given in article 4(15)(a) of the capital requirements regulation and any undertaking which, in the opinion of the regulator, effectively exercises a dominant influence over another undertaking;

• “relevant competent authorities” means those competent authorities ... which are, or which have been appointed as, relevant competent authorities in relation to a financial conglomerate;

• “regulated entity” means—a credit institution (within the meaning of Article 4(1)(1) of the capital requirements regulation);an insurance undertaking or reinsurance undertaking (within the meaning of section 417 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) or a third-country insurance undertaking or third country reinsurance undertaking (within the meaning of Regulation 2(1) of the Solvency 2 Regulations 2015);a company, the regular business of which is the management of UCITS (as specified in article 51ZA of the Regulated Activities Order) in the form of common funds or of investment companies (collective portfolio management of UCITS), or an undertaking which would require permission under Part 4A of FSMA to carry on the regulated activity of managing a UCITS (as specified in article 51ZA of the Regulated Activities Order) if its registered office were located in the United Kingdom;an investment firm within the meaning of Article 2(1A) of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulations (EU) No 600/2014, or an alternative investment fund manager within the meaning of regulation 4(1) of the Alternative Investment Managers Regulations 2013 and which is not within the definition of ‘management company’ in this regulation, or an undertaking that would require permission to be an alternative investment fund manager if its registered office were located in the United Kingdom; and

• “regulator” means the Financial Conduct Authority or the Prudential Regulation Authority;

• “supplementary supervision” means the supervision of a regulated entity to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the conglomerates directive.

• (3) Save as is otherwise provided, any expression used in these Regulations which is defined for the purposes of the Act has the meaning given by the Act.

PART 2 — Exercise of supplementary supervision of regulated entitiesin a financial conglomerate

Notification of identification as a financial conglomerate and choice of co-ordinator

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• (1) Where a regulator has become the co-ordinator for a financial conglomerate, it must notify—

• (a) the relevant member of that financial conglomerate;

• (aa) the other regulator;

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• (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

that the group has been identified as a financial conglomerate ... of the conglomerates directive and that the regulator is the co-ordinator for that financial conglomerate.

• (2) Paragraph (3) applies if—

• (a) a regulator is a relevant competent authority in relation to a financial conglomerate, and

• (b) that regulator, in conjunction with the other relevant competent authorities, proposes to waive the criteria specified in paragraph (2A) and appoint a different competent authority as co-ordinator.

• (2A) The criteria are—

• (a) where the financial conglomerate is headed by a regulated entity, the task of the co-ordinator must be exercised by the competent authority which has authorised that regulated entity;

• (b) where a financial conglomerate is not headed by a regulated entity, the task of coordinator must be exercised by the competent authority identified in accordance with the following principles—

• (i) where the parent of a regulated entity is a mixed financial holding company, the task of coordinator must be exercised by the competent authority which has authorised that regulated entity;

• (ii) where the financial conglomerate is a group without a parent undertaking at the top, or in any other case, the task of coordinator must be exercised by the competent authority which authorised the regulated entity with the largest balance sheet total in the most important financial sector.

• (3) Before the regulator, in conjunction with the other relevant competent authorities, waives the criteria specified in paragraph (2A) and appoints a different competent authority as co-ordinator, the regulator must... give the financial conglomerate an opportunity to make representations.

• (3A) The relevant competent authorities may by common agreement waive the criteria referred to in paragraph (2A) if the authorities consider that their application would be inappropriate, taking into account the structure of the conglomerate and the relative importance of its activities.

• (3B) Before the authorities waive the criteria in accordance with paragraph (3A), the authorities must give the financial conglomerate an opportunity to make representations.

• (4) In this regulation, “the relevant member” of a financial conglomerate is—

• (a) the parent undertaking at the head of the financial conglomerate; or

• (b) where there is no parent undertaking at the head of the financial conglomerate, the regulated entity which—

• (i) is in the most important financial sector ...; and

• (ii) has the largest balance-sheet total in that sector.

Exercise of functions under Part IV of the Act for the purposes of carrying on supplementary supervision

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• (1) This regulation applies if a regulator is considering varying the Part IV permission of any person (“A”) where—

• (a) A is a member of a financial conglomerate; and

• (b) that regulator is acting in the course of carrying on supplementary supervision ....

• (2) Section 55R(2) of the Act (obligation to consult home state regulators of connected persons) does not apply.

• (3) Before varying the Part IV permission of A, that regulator must ...—

• (a) consult the relevant competent authorities in relation to the financial conglomerate of which A is a member; and

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) consult the financial conglomerate of which A is a member.

Exercise of functions under section 148 of the Act for the purposes of carrying on supplementary supervision

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• (1) Paragraph (2) applies if a regulator is considering exercising any of the powers conferred on it by section 138A of the Act (modification or waiver of rules) in the course of carrying on supplementary supervision of a financial conglomerate ....

• (2) Before a regulator exercises such a power in relation to an authorised person who is a member of a financial conglomerate, the regulator must ...—

• (a) consult the relevant competent authorities in relation to the financial conglomerate of which that person is a member; and

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) consult the financial conglomerate of which that person is a member.

Consultation in the case of major sanctions or exceptional measures

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• (1) Before a regulator—

• (a) varies the Part IV permission of a member of a financial conglomerate (“D”);

• (b) publishes a statement under section 205 of the Act (public censure) that it considers that D has contravened a requirement imposed on him by or under the Act;

• (c) imposes a penalty on D in respect of such a contravention under section 206 of the Act (financial penalties); or

• (d) exercises any of its powers (other than its powers under section 381, 383 or 384(2)) under Part XXV of the Act (injunctions and restitution) in relation to D,

it must, if it considers that the action constitutes a major sanction or an exceptional measure and is of importance for the supervisory tasks of the competent authority of any regulated entity which is a member of the same financial conglomerate as D, consult that competent authority.

• (2) But paragraph (1) does not apply—

• (a) where the relevant regulator considers that there is an urgent need to act;

• (b) where relevant regulator considers that such consultation may jeopardise the effectiveness of the action mentioned in paragraph (1); or

• (c) where regulation 3, 8(3) or (4), 9 or 10 applies.

• (3) Where paragraph (1) does not apply by virtue of paragraph (2)(a) or (b), the relevant regulator must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, inform the competent authority referred to in paragraph (1) of the action that it has taken.

Authority functions and service of notifications

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• (1) Any function carried out by a regulator (whether in the capacity of a co-ordinator, a relevant competent authority or otherwise) for the purposes of these Regulations is to be treated as a function conferred on the regulator by a provision of the Act.

• (2) The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Service of Notices) Regulations 2001 apply to any notifications given under regulation 2(1)(a) as they apply to any notice, direction or document of any kind given under the Act.

PART 3 — Supplementary supervision of third-country financial conglomeratesand third-country groups

Supervision of third-country financial conglomerates and third-country groups—interpretation

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• (1) For the purposes of this Part—

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• “third-country competent authority” means the authority of a country or territory which is not part of the United Kingdom which is empowered by law or regulation to supervise (whether on an individual or group-wide basis) regulated entities;

• “third-country financial conglomerate” means a group—which, subject to Article 3 of the conglomerates directive, meets the conditions in Article 2(14) of that directive as amended by regulation 2(2)(d) of the Financial Conglomerates and other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, andin which the parent undertaking has its head office outside the UK;

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Supervision of third-country financial conglomerates

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• (1) Where a regulator is verifying whether the regulated entities in a third-country financial conglomerate are subject to supervision by a third-country competent authority, which is equivalent to that provided for by the provisions of these Regulations, it must, before completing the verification, consult the other relevant competent authorities in relation to the third-country financial conglomerate.

• (2) Paragraphs (3) and (4) apply if a regulator ... exercises its powers to—

• (a) vary the Part IV permission of a regulated entity in a third-country financial conglomerate;

• (b) disapply from, or apply in a modified form to, such a regulated entity the rules specified in subsection (1) of section 138A of the Act (modification or waiver of rules) in accordance with that section;

• (c) impose conditions under section 187 of the Act (approval with conditions) on a person who is, or proposes to be, a controller of such a regulated entity; or

• (d) give a notice under section 191A (objection by the appropriate regulator) or section 191B (restriction notices) of the Act to a person who is, or proposes to be, a controller of such a regulated entity.

• (3) ... A regulator must before taking the action specified in paragraph (2)—

• (a) where that regulator is the co-ordinator, consult the relevant competent authorities in relation to that third-country financial conglomerate; or

• (b) where that regulator is not the co-ordinator, obtain the consent of the co-ordinator for that third-country financial conglomerate to take that action.

• (4) If a regulator decides to take that action, it must notify the competent authority of each regulated entity in that third-country financial conglomerate that it has done so.

Supervision of third-country banking groups

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Supervision of third-country groups subject to the capital requirements regulation and capital requirement directive

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PART 4 — Provisions relating to information

Disclosure of confidential information

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In regulation 2 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001 (interpretation)—

• (a) after the definition of “Authority worker”, insert—

“conglomerates directive” means Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16th December 2002 on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate and amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC, 79/267/EEC, 92/49/EEC, 92/96/EEC, 93/6/EEC, 93/22/EEC, and Directives 98/78/EC and 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ;

• (b) in the definition of “single market directive information”, after “single market directives”, insert “ or the conglomerates directive ”.

Obtaining information—avoidance of duplication of reporting

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• (1) Paragraph (2) applies if a regulator is the co-ordinator in relation to any financial conglomerate.

• (2) If a regulator requires any disclosed information in connection with its functions as the co-ordinator, it must so far as possible obtain that information by requesting the competent authority which holds that information to disclose it to that regulator.

• (3) In this regulation, “disclosed information” means information which a regulated entity in a financial conglomerate has disclosed to its competent authority.

PART 5 — Miscellaneous

Consultation on change of control

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References to existing directives

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• (1) In section 119(2B) of the Building Societies Act 1986 (definition of “Banking Consolidation Directive”) , at the end insert “ (as last amended by Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) ”.

• (2) In section 17(7C) of the Bank of England Act 1998 (power to obtain information) , after “Council Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and the Council”, insert “ (as last amended by Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) ”.

• (3) In article 2(3) of the Cash Ratio Deposits (Eligible Liabilities) Order 1998 (interpretation) , at the end, insert “ (as last amended by Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) ”.

• (4) In the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (EEA Passport Rights) Regulations 2001 , in regulation 2(5)(e)(i) and regulation 3(3)(e)(i) (content of consent and regulator’s notice), after “first non-life insurance directive”, insert “ (as last amended by Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) ”.

Extension of power to vary Part IV permissions

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• (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a regulator may exercise its own-initiate variation power or own-initiative requirement power (within the meaning of Part 4A of the Act) in relation to an authorised person, if it appears to it that it is desirable to do so for the purpose of—

• (a) carrying out supplementary supervision in accordance with these Regulations;

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (2) A regulator may exercise its own-initiative power, for the purposes set out in paragraph (1), to vary a Part IV permission in any of the ways mentioned in sections 55H(2), 55I(1), 55L(5)(b) or (c) or 55M(5)(b) or (c) of the Act; and this extends to including any provision in the permission as varied that could be included if a fresh permission were given in response to an application under section 55A of the Act (application for permission).

• (3) The duty imposed by subsection (3) of section 55B of the Act (the threshold conditions) does not prevent a regulator from exercising its own-initiative power for the purposes set out in paragraph (1).

Signed

John Heppell, — Nick Ainger — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 2004-07-19

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68. By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) made by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51), regulations may be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created by or arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1997/2781.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2001/3495.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1993/2661.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2002/2840.

[^f00006]: See the definition of “prescribed”.

[^f00007]: 2000 c. 8.

[^f00008]: The definition of the banking consolidation directive was inserted in Schedule 3 to the Act by S.I. 2000/2952.

[^f00009]: OJ No. L141 11.6.1993, p.1; amended by Directives 98/31/EC and 98/33/EC of the European Parliament and Council and the conglomerates directive.

[^f00010]: OJ No. L35 11.2.2003, p.1; applied to the EEA by Joint Committee Decision 104/2004 of 9th July 2004 (not yet published in the Official Journal of the European Communities).

[^f00011]: Inserted by Article 29(11) of the conglomerates directive.

[^f00012]: OJ No. L345 19.12.2002, p.1.

[^f00013]: S.I. 2001/1420.

[^f00014]: Paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 was amended by S.I. 2000/2952, S.I. 2003/1473 and S.I. 2003/2066.

[^f00015]: S.I. 2001/2188; regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 2001/3624, S.I. 2003/693, S.I. 2003/1473 and S.I. 2003/2066.

[^f00016]: OJ No. L35 11.2.2003, p.1; applied to the EEA by Joint Committee Decision 104/2004 of 9th July 2004 (not yet published in the Official Journal of the European Communities).

[^f00017]: S.I. 2001/2509; amended by S.I. 2003/2066, regulation 6.

[^f00018]: 1986 c. 53; definition inserted by S.I. 1996/1669, substituted by S.I. 2000/2952.

[^f00019]: 1998 c. 11; section 17(7C) was inserted by S.I. 2001/3649.

[^f00020]: S.I. 1998/1130; article 2(3) was amended by S.I. 2000/2952.

[^f00021]: S.I. 2001/2511; regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 2002/765 and S.I. 2003/2066 and regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 2003/1473 and S.I. 2003/2066.

Editorial notes

[^c5251301]: 1972 c. 68. By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) made by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51), regulations may be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created by or arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).

[^c5251311]: S.I. 1997/2781.

[^c5251321]: S.I. 2001/3495.

[^c5251331]: S.I. 1993/2661.

[^c5251341]: S.I. 2002/2840.

[^c5251351]: See the definition of “prescribed”.

[^c5251361]: 2000 c. 8.

[^c5251421]: S.I. 2001/1420.

[^c5251441]: S.I. 2001/2188; regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 2001/3624, S.I. 2003/693, S.I. 2003/1473 and S.I. 2003/2066.

[^c5251451]: OJ No. L35 11.2.2003, p.1; applied to the EEA by Joint Committee Decision 104/2004 of 9th July 2004 (not yet published in the Official Journal of the European Communities).

[^c5251471]: 1986 c. 53; definition inserted by S.I. 1996/1669, substituted by S.I. 2000/2952.

[^c5251481]: 1998 c. 11; section 17(7C) was inserted by S.I. 2001/3649.

[^c5251491]: S.I. 1998/1130; article 2(3) was amended by S.I. 2000/2952.

[^c5251501]: S.I. 2001/2511; regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 2002/765 and S.I. 2003/2066 and regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 2003/1473 and S.I. 2003/2066.

[^key-5263606a43979c8028390adb3756c65d]: Words in reg. 1(2) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(2) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-410ec973018766d7f338cde381b0b003]: Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(3)(a)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-37a345dcf12d2c7394f5b71f8afe791f]: Reg. 2(1)(aa) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(3)(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-7398df82ed78cf40e7d0e71c80a8673c]: Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(3)(a)(iii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-ba4241a50c1ccd327a9601091974291b]: Words in reg. 2(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(3)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-7370379adca66a449dae221cbde32386]: Words in reg. 2(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(3)(c) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-b46ef7ae7b4dee8aaf0324f641b9f7c3]: Words in reg. 2(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(3)(d) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-61e047248a0a6c49bd054d03c0a555cc]: Words in reg. 3 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(4)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-ee036f4d0ebbde9c6091198469546e0a]: Words in reg. 3 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(4)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-36dc4b9f4bccf857bd28bbc15bf2631b]: Words in reg. 3(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(4)(c) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-3a0e5478ed54671aa26f4a6275748e35]: Words in reg. 4(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(5)(a)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-ffeeefbaa08862a1af1b90f854624638]: Words in reg. 4(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(5)(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-4ceffea731078c6184c1c64a403e39bb]: Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(5)(b)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-5b910417591c98fd0bd8ca77da4726e1]: Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(5)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-026f234b06bce3d8714b0bd99a1a4d25]: Words in reg. 4 heading substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(5)(c) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-092835850eb016dfbb771730e2fa9823]: Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(6)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-6b1655aa4a91ff18434d76797d892453]: Words in reg. 5(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(6)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-cd4225bdda6e4b710e7562bb616912ff]: Words in reg. 5(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(6)(c) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-ab8f1f7e087b41a9c3643feb023cc0c6]: Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(7)(a)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-fd97c3bf827eb622ecca7036932bb2b3]: Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(7)(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-128800091723731b479a298868be7e3c]: Word in reg. 6 heading substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(7)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-ce2ece16b49e2bf7ace99c3d7247096f]: Words in reg. 8(1)(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(8)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-79a94478baa9b822a33639638fa90249]: Words in reg. 8(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(8)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-aec41dbdeafa0308cdbdff06fff13fa6]: Words in reg. 8(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(8)(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-43a9459a342ac33ce268e64af9fa2966]: Words in reg. 12(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(11)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-87c0859ddcd7b0fd36f3ab5e72cd9dec]: Words in reg. 12(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(11)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-3c55800933d6873ef32d29e4e3a51ce9]: Words in reg. 12(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(11)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-4d75378f714dca8c3a7bacc020abcdc8]: Words in reg. 15 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-be51d30250ae75a4f9e05a08b0819fad]: Words in reg. 15(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-064501673d97f988042cbd48ad6e1ee9]: Words in reg. 15(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(c)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-e8ece91bcfd8bb982b2520d498030887]: Words in reg. 15(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-5ca6faaf7046ca15e82def95531f8cde]: Words in reg. 15(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(c)(iii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-d4c9548fe00cd3f06833a949ed0bf623]: Words in reg. 15(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(d)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-37a884cfe067a73732f16bd3005da8d3]: Words in reg. 15(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 95(12)(d)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 96)

[^key-eb5c18f4aef0099e8b828633e099aaaa]: Words in reg. 1(2) inserted (10.6.2013) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1162), regs. 1, 3

[^key-ef2bb20e5aa93e74a8aff165c7b052b9]: Words in reg. 8(2)(c) substituted (10.6.2013) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1162), regs. 1, 4(2)

[^key-0f49d01d98aef39fc63839e5a1de02c4]: Words in reg. 8(2)(d) substituted (10.6.2013) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1162), regs. 1, 4(3)

[^key-c74a165030d07b318f0196f83f1a4ab7]: Words in reg. 1(2) omitted (1.1.2014) by virtue of The Capital Requirements Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3115), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 64(2)(a)

[^key-ebe95f12ad13a7a30274536337648751]: Reg. 13 revoked (1.1.2014) by The Capital Requirements Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3115), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3

[^key-cc3818df01632302b5a8fb421df5a1dd]: Reg. 10 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(10) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-2d191b5604cb68776c3ec4e659608e3c]: Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(6) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-25371f989bfc4d7b266a2510494a7ab9]: Reg. 2(2A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(3)(c) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-20b29ff3ff93caab1084b9fe6ae97be0]: Reg. 2(3A)(3B) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(3)(e) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-358c3b84730c64509df12ba3ff8cdc6d]: Reg. 2(1)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(i) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b7490adcf979b07226056b0f9962c32a]: Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(ii) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-7dae50990ae3af7dd409dee0f4800690]: Words in reg. 2(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(3)(b) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-49330529a70e311f4d19e0ee3d078d61]: Words in reg. 2(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(3)(d)(i) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f0c9b8f5847a14a38b765085b33e62c1]: Words in reg. 2(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(3)(d)(ii) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f90672697940398f3df8f0d6c5be56b5]: Reg. 2(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(i) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-89b8623ba8fbaf423faf99a9fb8dbac3]: Reg. 2(1)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(i) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d66113314fdede8f10eae127e8aa89c6]: Words in reg. 2(4)(b)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(3)(f) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-22fd9fb1dc3f4412e8fc42e3e4f5182d]: Words in reg. 7 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(7)(a) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1a6c46d9b9e9f127e8054d201102c955]: Words in reg. 7 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(7)(b) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-20d589bd3c58cc872181e627370fef17]: Words in reg. 7 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(7)(c)(i) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-44ec842b0977f9057258d25d48452bc2]: Word in reg. 7 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(7)(c)(ii) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-5951cafaa596918bf608616c249a3e77]: Reg. 7(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(7)(d) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-eb19df6cc6103799925aa9909b415385]: Reg. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(8)(a) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f336cdf44fe60efa6656977dc3fcc7b6]: Words in reg. 8(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(8)(b) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-beea639b1e96c2179e21bcffad3363ec]: Words in reg. 8(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(8)(c)(i) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1c57941eeeda59138e112a60cacea079]: Words in reg. 8(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(8)(c)(ii) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1a326334f3a60c0ccfe3311aad7e765c]: Reg. 8(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/264), regs. 1, 2(8)(d) (with regs. 6, 9) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1010, regs. 1(3), 8 and S.I. 2020/1031, reg. 3, Sch. para. 15 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 ); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)