Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

X1 [F1 178 Obligation to notify the [F2 appropriate regulator] : acquisitions of control U.K.

(1)  A person who decides to acquire or increase control over a UK authorised person must give the [F2 appropriate regulator] notice in writing before making the acquisition.

(2) For the purposes of calculations relating to this section, the holding of shares or voting power by a person (“A1”) includes any shares or voting power held by another (“A2”) if A1 and A2 are acting in concert.

[F3 (2A) In this Part, “the appropriate regulator” means—

(a) where the UK authorised person is a PRA-authorised person, the PRA;

(b) in any other case, the FCA.]

(3) In this Part, a notice given under this section is a “section 178 notice” and a person giving notice is a “section 178 notice-giver”.]

Editorial Information

X1 The substitution of ss. 178-191G for ss. 178-191 on 21.3.2009 which involves the insertion of several new headings in Pt. XII gives rise to a change in the structure of this legislation on SLD which breaks the continuity of historical versions of the existing provisions which are now brought under those new headings.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 178-191G and cross-headings substituted (21.3.2009) for ss. 178-191 and cross-headings by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Controllers) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/534), reg. 3, Sch. 1 (with reg. 8)

F2 Words in Pt. 12 substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 26(2), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F3 S. 178(2A) inserted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 26(3), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.