Related provisions for APER 4.1.2
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The Code of Practice for Approved Persons (and
in particular the specific examples of behaviour which may be in breach of
a generic description of conduct in the code) is not exhaustive of the kind
of conduct that may contravene the Statements
of Principle. The purpose of the code is to help determine whether
or not a person's conduct complies
with a Statement of Principle.
The code may be supplemented from time to time. The FSA will amend the code if there is
a risk that unacceptable
The Code of Practice for Approved Persons sets out descriptions of conduct which, in the opinion of the FSA, do not comply with a Statement of Principle and, in the case of Statement of Principle 3, conduct which tends to show compliance within that statement. The Code of Practice for Approved Persons also sets out, in certain cases, factors which, in the opinion of the FSA, are to be taken into account in determining whether or not an approved person's conduct complies with
In
determining whether or not the particular conduct of an approved
person within his controlled function complies with the Statements of Principle, the following are
factors which, in the opinion of the FSA, are to be taken into account:(1) whether
that conduct relates to activities that are subject to other provisions of
the Handbook;(2) whether
that conduct is consistent with the requirements and standards of the regulatory system relevant to his firm.
In determining whether or not the
conduct of an approved person performing a significant influence function complies with Statements
of Principle 5 to 7, the following are factors which, in the
opinion of the FSA, are to be taken into account:(1) whether
he exercised reasonable care when considering the information available to
him;(2) whether
he reached a reasonable conclusion which he acted on;(3) the
nature, scale and complexity of the firm's business;(4) his
role and responsibility