ENF 2.1 Application and purpose

This chapter applies to firms, appointed representatives, approved persons, and other persons who may be subject to the FSA's investigations or who may be required to provide information to the FSA.

1The FSA's policy on how it will use its powers to investigate in support of its enforcement functions, when acting in the capacity of the competent authority under Part VI of the Act, are set out in ENF 21.2 to ENF 21.4. That guidance contains cross references to material in this Chapter, where relevant.

This chapter explains the FSA's policy on how it will use its powers to gather information and investigate in support of its enforcement functions. The FSA may also use some of these powers to support its supervision functions and the Supervision manual explains how it will use the powers in those circumstances (see SUP 2 (Information gathering by the FSA on its own initiative) andSUP 5 (Reports by skilled persons).