8. Paragraph 25 (exemption from liability in damages) of Schedule 1ZA to the 2000 Act applies with respect to the discharge or purported discharge of the FCA’s functions under these Regulations with the following modifications—
(a)the reference to the FCA’s functions in sub-paragraph (1) includes a reference to its functions under these Regulations, and
(b)the reference in sub-paragraph (2) to sections 166 to 169 includes a reference to those sections as applied by these Regulations.