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Part VU.K. Performance of Regulated Activities

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. V (ss. 56-71) modified (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3592, arts. 1(2), 114(3)(a), 128(3)(a) (with art. 23(2))

ApprovalU.K.

61 Determination of applications.U.K.

(1)[F1The regulator to which an application is made under section 60 may grant the application] only if it is satisfied that the person in respect of whom the application is made (“the candidate”) is a fit and proper person to perform the function to which the application relates.

(2)In deciding that question, [F2the regulator] may have regard (among other things) to whether the candidate, or any person who may perform a function on his behalf—

(a)has obtained a qualification,

(b)has undergone, or is undergoing, training, or

(c)possesses a level of competence,

required by general rules [F3made by that regulator] in relation to persons performing functions of the kind to which the application relates.

[F4(2A)Subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to the giving by the FCA of any required consent as they apply in relation to the grant of the application.]

(3)[F5The regulator to which an application is made under section 60 must, before the end of the period for consideration, determine] whether—

(a)to grant the application; or

(b)to give a warning notice under section 62(2).

[F6(3A)The period for consideration”—

(a)in any case where the application under section 60 is made by a person applying for permission under Part 4A (see section 60(6)), means whichever ends last of—

(i)the period within which the application for that permission must be determined under section 55V(1) or (2), and

(ii)the period of 3 months beginning with the date on which the regulator receives the application under section 60, and

(b)in any other case, means the period of 3 months beginning with the date on which the regulator receives the application under section 60.]

(4)If [F7a regulator] imposes a requirement under section 60(3), the period for consideration stops running on the day on which the requirement is imposed but starts running again—

(a)on the day on which the required information is received by [F7a regulator]; or

(b)if the information is not provided on a single day, on the last of the days on which it is received by [F7a regulator].

(5)A person who makes an application under section 60 may withdraw his application by giving written notice to the [F8regulator to which the application was made] at any time before the [F9regulator] determines it, but only with the consent of—

(a)the candidate; and

(b)the person by whom the candidate is to be retained to perform the function concerned, if not the applicant.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 61(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 5 para. 5(2) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F5Words in s. 61(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 5 para. 5(5) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F7Words in s. 61(4) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 5 para. 5(7) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2S. 61 modified (1.7.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 30.6.2010) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1342), arts. 1(2), 34, {Sch. paras. 1, 3}

C4S. 61(3) modified (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3592, arts. 1(2), 49(3), 53(2) (with art. 23(2))

Commencement Information

I1S. 61 wholly in force at 1.12.2001; s. 61 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 431(2); s. 61 in force for specified purposes at 3.9.2001 by S.I. 2001/2632, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2; s. 61 in force in so far as not already in force at 1.12.2001 by S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)