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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/2023-08-29</dc:identifier><dc:title>Financial Services Act 2012</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to amend the Bank of England Act 1998, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Banking Act 2009; to make other provision about financial services and markets; to make provision about the exercise of certain statutory functions relating to building societies, friendly societies and other mutual societies; to amend section 785 of the Companies Act 2006; to make provision enabling the Director of Savings to provide services to other public bodies; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-04-20</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2023-08-29</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>PART 3</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Mutual societies</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/21/part/3/crossheading/transfer-of-functions/2023-08-29" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/21/part/3/crossheading/transfer-of-functions" NumberOfProvisions="5" id="part-3-crossheading-transfer-of-functions" RestrictStartDate="2013-04-01"><Title><Emphasis>Transfer of functions</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2013-01-24" ConfersPower="true"><Title>Power to apply or disapply provision made by or under FSMA 2000</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/2023-08-29" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/21/section/52" id="section-52"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">52<CommentaryRef Ref="key-9c4c8cce3524c11ad7cc168e71c0f4cf"/></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/1/2023-08-29" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/1" id="section-52-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Treasury may by order provide—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/1/a/2023-08-29" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/1/a" id="section-52-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>for any relevant provision that would not otherwise apply in relation to transferred functions to apply in relation to those functions with such modifications as may be specified;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/1/b/2023-08-29" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/1/b" id="section-52-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>for any relevant provision that would otherwise apply in relation to transferred functions not to apply in relation to them or to apply with such modifications as may be specified.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/2/2023-08-29" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/2" id="section-52-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>“<Term id="term-relevant-provision">Relevant provision</Term>” means a provision of, or made under, FSMA 2000.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/3/2023-08-29" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/21/section/52/3" id="section-52-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>“<Term id="term-transferred-function">Transferred function</Term>” means a function that has been or is being transferred by an order under section 50; and section 51(3) applies for the purpose of this subsection.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-9c4c8cce3524c11ad7cc168e71c0f4cf" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-52" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/21/section/52" id="c5dmshge2-00097">S. 52</CitationSubRef> in force at 24.1.2013  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/113" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2013" Number="113" Title="The Financial Services Act 2012 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013" id="c5dmshge2-00098">S.I. 2013/113</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2-1-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/113/article/2/1/a" CitationRef="c5dmshge2-00098" id="c5dmshge2-00099">art. 2(1)(a)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="schedule-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/113/schedule/part/1" CitationRef="c5dmshge2-00098" Operative="true" id="c5dmshge2-00100">Sch. Pt. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>