2. In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;
“the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;(1)
“approved person” means a person in relation to whom the appropriate regulator (within the meaning of section 59(4) of the 2000 Act) has given its approval under section 59(2) of the 2000 Act;
“authorised person” has the meaning given in section 31(2) of the 2000 Act;
“the FCA” means the Financial Conduct Authority;
“referral fees authorised person” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of the Schedule;
“relevant referral fees authorised person” means, in relation to an approved person, the referral fees authorised person on whose application approval was given (irrespective of whether the authorised person was a referral fees authorised person at the time of the application);
“relevant requirement” means a restriction imposed by section 56 (rules against referral fees) of the Act, or any requirement imposed by or under these Regulations;
“the Tribunal” has the meaning given in section 417(1) of the 2000 Act.(3)
Section 59 was amended by section 14 of the Financial Services Act 2012 and S.I. 2012/1906.
The definition was inserted by S.I. 2010/22.