firm
- (1) in the FCA Handbook,157 an authorised person, but not a professional firm unless it is an authorised professional firm (see also GEN 2.2.18 R for the position of an authorised partnership or unincorporated association which is dissolved).33159
- (1A) in the PRA Handbook, a PRA-authorised person.157
- (2) (in DISP 2 and 3) includes, in accordance with the Ombudsman Transitional Order, unauthorised persons subject to the Compulsory Jurisdiction in relation to relevant existing complaints and relevant new complaints.33159
- (3) (in DISP 2 and 3) includes, in accordance with the Mortgage and General Insurance Complaints Transitional Order, former firms subject to the Compulsory Jurisdiction in relation to relevant transitional complaints.33159
- (4) (in DISP 2 and 3) includes, as a result of the insurance market direction given in DISP 2.1.7 D under section 316 of the Act (Direction by 157a regulator)157, members of the Society of Lloyd's.33159
- 39(5) (in FEES 3, FEES 4, FEES 5 and FEES 7)50 includes a fee-paying payment service provider and a fee-paying electronic money issuer50 in accordance with FEES 3.1.1A R, FEES 4.1.1A R, FEES 5.1.1A R and FEES 7.1.1 R.50
- 63(6) (in CONRED):
- (a) an authorised person; or
- (b) a person who was an authorised person when the relevant activity took place but has since ceased to be one.