PART 1A

The Regulators
CHAPTER 1

The Financial Conduct Authority

Arrangements for consulting practitioners and consumers

The Markets Practitioner Panel
1P
1
Arrangements under section 1M must include the establishment and maintenance of a panel of persons (to be known as “
the Markets Practitioner Panel
”) to represent the interests of practitioners who are likely to be affected by the exercise by the FCA of its functions relating to markets, including its functions under Parts 6, 8A and 18.
2
The FCA must appoint one of the members of the Markets Practitioner Panel to be its chair.
3
The Treasury's approval is required for the appointment or dismissal of the chair.
4
The FCA must appoint to the Markets Practitioner Panel such persons to represent the interests of persons within subsection (5) as it considers appropriate.
5
The persons within this subsection are—
a
authorised persons,
b
persons who issue financial instruments,
c
sponsors, as defined in section 88(2),
d
recognised investment exchanges, and
e
primary information providers, as defined in section 89P(2).
6
The FCA may appoint to the Markets Practitioner Panel such other persons as it considers appropriate.
7
Subsections (4) to (6) are subject to section 1MA.
Pt. 1A substituted for Pt. 1 (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 19.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 6(1), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(b)(c)(2), Sch. Pts. 2, 3, 4; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.
S. 1P(7) inserted (26.12.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), ss. 46(5), 86(3); S.I. 2023/1382, reg. 7(c) (with reg. 17)