Reset to Today

To access the FCA Handbook Archive choose a date between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2004.

Content Options:

Add to favourites

View Options:

More Resources:

External link Handbook Publications

You are viewing the version of the document as on 2023-04-21.

Timeline guidance

Alternative versions

  3. Point in time
    2023-04-21

PERG 14.1 Background

1Q1. What is the purpose of these questions and answers (“Q&As”) and who should be reading them?

These Q&As are aimed at persons involved in the provision or promotion of financial arrangements involving the acquisition or disposal of land for the purpose of enabling an individual:

  • to purchase a property; or
  • to raise funds from the equity in a property that he already owns,
other than by means of a traditional mortgage.

They are intended to help such persons understand whether they will, as a result of the Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Act 2005 and secondary legislation made following that Act:

The Q&As complement the general guidance on regulated activities, which is in Chapter 2 of our Perimeter Guidance Manual (PERG 2), the general guidance on regulated mortgage activities in Chapter 4 (PERG 4), the general guidance on financial promotions in Chapter 8 (PERG 8) and the relevant legislation.

The Q&As that follow are set out in sections:

  • general issues (PERG 14.2);
  • activities relating to home reversion plans (PERG 14.3);
  • activities relating to home purchase plans (PERG 14.4);
  • activities relating to regulated sale and rent back agreements (PERG 14.4A);2
  • the ‘by way of business’ test (PERG 14.5);
  • carrying on a regulated activity in the United Kingdom (PERG 14.6);
  • exemptions (PERG 14.7);and1
  • financial promotions (PERG 14.8)1.1