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controlled activity

(in accordance with section 21(9) of the Act (The classes of activity and investment)) any of the following activities specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Financial Promotions Order (Controlled Activities):

  1. (a) accepting deposits (paragraph 1)
  2. (b) effecting contracts of insurance (paragraph 2(1)):
  3. (c) carrying out contracts of insurance (paragraph 2(2));
  4. (d) dealing in securities and contractually based investments as principal or agent (paragraph 3(1));
  5. (e) arranging (bringing about) deals in investments (paragraph 4(1));
  6. (f) making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments (paragraph 4(2));
  7. (fa) operating a multilateral trading facility (paragraph 4A);
  8. 157(fab) credit broking (paragraph 4B);
  9. 157(fac) operating an electronic system in relation to lending (paragraph 4C);
  10. (g) managing investments (paragraph 5);
  11. 157(ga) debt adjusting (paragraph 5A);
  12. 157(gb) debt-counselling (paragraph 5B);
  13. (h) safeguarding and administering investments (paragraph 6);
  14. advising on investments (paragraph 7);
  15. (j) advising on syndicate participation at Lloyd's (paragraph 8);
  16. (k) providing funeral plan contracts (paragraph 9);
  17. (l) providing qualifying credit (paragraph 10);
  18. (m) arranging qualifying credit etc. (paragraph 10A);
  19. (n) advising on qualifying credit etc. (paragraph 10B);
  20. 157(na) providing relevant consumer credit (paragraph 10BA);
  21. 157(nb) providing consumer hire (paragraph 10BB);
  22. (o) entering into a home purchase plan (paragraph 10C);
  23. (p) making arrangements with a view to a home purchase plan (paragraph 10D);
  24. (q) advising on a home purchase plan (paragraph 10E);
  25. (r) entering into a home reversion plan (paragraph 10F);
  26. (s) making arrangements with a view to a home reversion plan (paragraph 10G);
  27. (t) advising on a home reversion plan (paragraph 10H);
  28. (u) agreeing to carry on specified kinds of activity (paragraph 11) which are specified in paragraphs 3 to 10H (other than paragraph 4A) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Financial Promotion Order.