SCHEDULES
C1 SCHEDULE 6 Threshold Conditions
F1PART 1CPart 4A permission: conditions for which FCA is responsible in relation to PRA-authorised persons
Sch. 6 Pts. 1-1G substituted for Sch. 6 Pts. 1, 2 (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Threshold Conditions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/555), arts. 1, 2(2)
3DSuitability
1
B must be a fit and proper person, having regard to the operational objectives of the FCA.
2
The matters which are relevant in determining whether B satisfies the condition in sub-paragraph (1) include—
a
B’s connection with any person;
b
the nature (including the complexity) of the regulated activities that B carries on or seeks to carry on;
c
the need to ensure that B’s affairs are conducted in an appropriate manner, having regard in particular to the interests of consumers and the integrity of the UK financial system;
d
whether B has complied and is complying with requirements imposed by the FCA in the exercise its functions, or requests made by the FCA, relating to the provision of information to the FCA and, where B has so complied or is so complying, the manner of that compliance;
e
whether those who manage B’s affairs have adequate skills and experience and have acted and may be expected to act with probity;
f
the need to minimise the extent to which it is possible for the business carried on by B, or to be carried on by B, to be used for a purpose connected with financial crime.
Sch. 6 modified (3.9.2001) by S.I. 2001/2507, arts. 1(1), 3(1); S.I. 2001/2632, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2