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Part IVU.K. Permission to Carry on Regulated Activities

Connected personsU.K.

49 Persons connected with an applicant.U.K.

(1)In considering—

(a)an application for a Part IV permission, or

(b)whether to vary or cancel a Part IV permission,

the Authority may have regard to any person appearing to it to be, or likely to be, in a relationship with the applicant or person given permission which is relevant.

(2)Before—

(a)giving permission in response to an application made by a person who is connected with an EEA firm [F1(other than an EEA firm falling within paragraph 5(e) of Schedule 3 (insurance and reinsurance intermediaries))], or

[F2(b)varying any permission given by the Authority to such a person, where the effect of the variation is to grant permission for the purposes of a single market directive other than the one for the purposes of which the existing permission was granted,]

the Authority must consult the firm’s home state regulator.

[F3(2A)But subsection (2) does not apply to the extent that the permission relates to—

(a)an insurance mediation activity (within the meaning given by paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 6); or

(b)a regulated activity involving a regulated mortgage contract [F4, a regulated home reversion plan or a regulated home purchase plan].]

(3)A person (“A”) is connected with an EEA firm if—

(a)A is a subsidiary undertaking of the firm; or

(b)A is a subsidiary undertaking of a parent undertaking of the firm.