PART 4Power for the regulators to specify equivalent functions and make provision about approvals

Power for the regulators to specify equivalent functions17

1

Either or both of the regulators may make rules—

a

specifying post-implementation controlled functions (each an “equivalent function”) that are to be treated (alone or with one or more other post-implementation controlled functions) as equivalent to a pre-implementation controlled function for the purposes of this Order;

b

providing which post-implementation controlled functions an approval or application is to be treated as relating to in the event that—

i

a person would otherwise as a result of article 4 be treated as having approval in relation to a relevant authorised person to perform the designated senior management functions described in paragraph (2); or

ii

an application would otherwise as a result of article 12 be treated as an application for approval in relation to a relevant authorised person to perform the designated senior management functions described in paragraph (2).

2

The designated senior management functions described in this paragraph are—

a

two or more designated senior management functions of a description specified by the same regulator, or

b

one or more designated senior management functions of a description specified by the PRA and one or more designated senior management functions of a description specified by the FCA.