Financial Services Act 2012

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19(1)Section 380 (injunctions) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsections (1) to (3), for “Authority” substitute “ appropriate regulator ”.

(3)In subsection (6)(a)—

(a)in the opening words, for “Authority” substitute “ appropriate regulator ”,

(b)for sub-paragraph (i) (but not the “or” following it) substitute—

(i)which is imposed by or under this Act or by a qualifying EU provision specified, or of a description specified, for the purposes of this subsection by the Treasury by order, and

(c)in sub-paragraph (ii), for the words from “which the Authority” to the end substitute “ mentioned in section 402(1) ”.

(4)In subsection (7), omit paragraph (a) (and the “and” at the end of it).

(5)After subsection (7) insert—

(8)The PRA is the “appropriate regulator” in the case of a contravention of—

(a)a requirement that is imposed by the PRA under any provision of this Act,

(b)a requirement under section 56(6) where the authorised person concerned is a PRA-authorised person and the prohibition order concerned is made by the PRA, or

(c)a requirement under section 59(1) or (2) where the authorised person concerned is a PRA-authorised person and the approval concerned falls to be given by the PRA.

(9)In the case of a contravention of a requirement that is imposed by a qualifying EU provision, “the appropriate regulator” is whichever of the PRA or the FCA (or both) is specified by the Treasury by order in relation to the qualifying EU provision for the purposes of this section.

(10)In the case of a contravention of a requirement where the contravention constitutes an offence under this Act, the “appropriate regulator” is whichever of the PRA or the FCA has power to prosecute the offence (see section 401).

(11)The FCA is the “appropriate regulator” in the case of a contravention of any other requirement.

(12)The Treasury may by order amend the definition of “appropriate regulator”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 9 para. 19 in force at 24.1.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. Pt. 2

I2Sch. 9 para. 19 in force at 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.