FEES 1.1 Application and Purpose
151FEES applies to all persons required to pay a fee or levy under a provision of the Handbook. The purpose of this chapter is to set out to whom the rules and guidance in FEES apply. FEES 2 (General Provisions) contains general provisions which may apply to any type of fee payer. FEES 3 (Application, Notification and Vetting Fees) covers one-off fees payable on a particular event for example various application fees (including those in relation to authorisation, variation of Part IV permission, listing and the Basel Capital Accord) and fees relating to certain notifications and document vetting requests. FEES 4 (Periodic fees) covers all periodic fees and transaction reporting fees. FEES 5 (Financial Ombudsman Service Funding) relates to FOS levies and case fees and FEES 6 (Financial Services Compensation Scheme Funding) relates to the FSCS levy. FEES 7 relates to the CFEB levy.9
3Application
This manual applies in the following way:
- (1)
FEES 1, 2 and 3 apply to the fee payers listed in column 1 of the Table of application, notification and vetting fees in FEES 3.2.7 R. .10
- (a)
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10 - (b)
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10 - (c)
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10 - (d)
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10 - (e)
[deleted]10
- (f)
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10 - (g)
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10 - (h)
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10 - (i)
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10 - (j)
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10 - (k)
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10 - (l)
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10 - (m)
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10 - (n)
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4 - (o) 3345410
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- (p) 55410
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- (q) 6510
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- (r) 66510
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- (s)
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- (a)
- (2)
- (a)
every firm (except ICVC or UCITS qualifier);
- (b)
every manager of an authorised unit trust;
- (c)
- (d)
every person who, under the constitution or founding arrangements of a recognised scheme, is responsible for the management of the property held for or within the scheme;
- (e)
every designated professional body;
- (f)
every recognised body;
- (g)
under the Listing Rules every issuer of shares, depositary receipts and securitised derivatives;
- (h)
under the Listing Rules (LR) 7every sponsor;
7 - (i)
under the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules (DTR)7 every issuer of shares, depositary receipts and securitised derivatives; and7
- (j)
- (a)
- (3)
- (a)
every firm and fee-paying payment service provider 7which is subject to the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service; and
- (b)
every other person who is subject to the Compulsory Jurisdiction in relation to relevant complaints.
- (a)
- (4)
- (a)
every participant firm;11
8 - (b)
the FSCS; and
- (c)
the Society.
- (a)
- (5)
- (a)
every person having a Part IV permission;
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
- (a)
FEES 1, 2 and 7 do not apply to an incoming EEA firm or an incoming Treaty firm that has not established a branch in the United Kingdom.9
The relevant provisions of FEES 5 and FEES 2 are applied to VJ participants by the standard terms (see DISP 4).