Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1 SPECIFIED PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

• The Secretary of State;

• the Minister for the Cabinet Office;

• any Northern Ireland Department;

• the Scottish Ministers;

• the Welsh Ministers;

• the Treasury;

• the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

• the Bank of England;

• the Director of Public Prosecutions;

• the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland;

• the Serious Fraud Office;

• the Secret Intelligence Service;

• the Security Service;

• the Government Communications Headquarters;

• the Financial Conduct Authority;

• the Prudential Regulation Authority;

• the Competition and Markets Authority;

• the Pensions Regulator;

• the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers;

• the Regulator of Community Interest Companies;

• the Registrar of Credit Unions for Northern Ireland;

• the Office of the Information Commissioner;

• the Charity Commission;

• the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland;

• the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator;

• the Office of Communications;

• the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;

• the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation;

• the Gambling Commission;

• the National Crime Agency;

• the Health and Safety Executive;

• the Office for Nuclear Regulation;

• the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland;

• the Food Standards Agency;

• the Gangmasters Licensing Authority;

• the Security Industry Authority;

• a local authority within the meaning of section 54(2) of the Act;

• an official receiver appointed under section 399 of the Insolvency Act 1986(1) (appointment, etc., of official receivers);

• the Official Receiver for Northern Ireland;

• the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Services;

• the Marine Management Organisation;

• a person acting as an insolvency practitioner within the meaning of section 388 of the Insolvency Act 1986(2) (meaning of “act as an insolvency practitioner”) or Article 3 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(3) (“act as an insolvency practitioner”);

• an inspector appointed under Part 14 of the 1985 Act (investigation of companies and their affairs: requisition of documents) or Part 15 of the 1986 Order or a person appointed under regulation 30 of the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001(4) (power to investigate) or regulation 22 of the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(5);

• any person authorised to exercise powers under section 447 of the 1985 Act(6) (power to require documents and information), or section 84 of the Companies Act 1989(7) (exercise of powers by officers, etc.) or Article 440 of the 1986 Order;

• any person exercising functions conferred by Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(8) (official listing);

• a person appointed to make a report under section 166 or 166A (reports by skilled persons) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(9);

• a person appointed to conduct an investigation under section 167 (appointment of persons to carry out general investigations) or 168(3) or (5) (appointment of persons to carry out investigations in particular cases) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(10);

• an inspector appointed under section 284 (power to investigate) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(11);

• an overseas regulatory authority within the meaning of section 82 of the Companies Act 1989(12) (request for assistance by overseas regulatory authority);

• a police force or police service within the meaning of section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996(13) (interpretation), section 6 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (14) (the Police Service of Scotland) or section 1 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000(15) (name of the police in Northern Ireland);

• the Scottish Housing Regulator;

• the lead enforcement authority (as defined in section 33(1) of the Estate Agents Act 1979(16)) exercising functions under the Estate Agents Act 1979.

(1)

1986 c. 45; section 399 was amended by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), Schedule 23, paragraph 14 the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), Schedule 20, paragraph 7 and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), Schedule 9, paragraph 93.

(2)

Section 388 was amended by the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 6), section 11, the Insolvency Act 2000 (c. 39), section 4 and S.I. 1994/2421, 2002/1240, 2002/2708 and 2009/1941.

(3)

S.I. 1989/2405.

(4)

S.I. 2001/1228.

(5)

S.I. 2004/335.

(6)

Regulation 22 was amended by the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), section 1038 and S.I. 2004/3322.

(7)

1989 c. 40.

(8)

2000 c. 8.

(9)

Section 166 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21) Schedule 12 paragraph 5 and section 166A was inserted by paragraph 6 of that Schedule.

(10)

The definition of “investment authority” in section 168(5) was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), Schedule 12, paragraph 8.

(11)

Section 284 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), Schedule 18, paragraph 17.

(12)

Section 82 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), Schedule 18, paragraph 63 the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36), Schedule 5, paragraph 11 and S.I. 2001/3649 and 2008/949.

(13)

1996 c. 16.

(14)

2012 asp 8.

(15)

2000 c. 32.

(16)

1979 c. 38; the definition of “lead enforcement authority” was amended by S.I. 2014/631.