Related provisions for DEPP 4.1.6
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A senior
staff committee will consist of such FSA staff members as the FSA's senior executive committee may from time to time determine. The FSA's senior
executive committee may authorise the chairman of a senior
staff committee to select its other members. A senior staff committee is accountable for
its decisions to the FSA's senior executive committee and, through it, to the FSA Board.
A senior
staff committee may operate through standing or specific sub-committees
to consider particular decisions or classes of decision, for which accountability
will lie through the committee. Each meeting of a senior
staff committee, or sub-committee, will include:(1) an individual with authority to
act as its chairman; and(2) at least two other members.
Statutory
notice decisions to be taken under executive
procedures, and not falling within the responsibility of a senior
staff committee, will be taken by an individual FSA staff member. The decision will be:(1) made by an executive director of
the FSA Board
or his delegate (who will be of at least the level of associate);(2) on the recommendation of an FSA staff
member of at least the level of associate; and(3) with the benefit of legal advice
from an FSA staff
member of at least
If an individual responsible for
a decision under executive procedures (or
a more senior FSA staff
member with responsibilities in relation to the decision concerned) considers
that it warrants collective consideration, the individual may:(1) take the decision himself, following
consultation with other FSA staff members, as above; or(2) refer it to a senior
staff committee, which will take the decision itself.
(1) FSAstaff
are required by their contract of employment to comply with a code of conduct
which imposes strict rules to cover the handling of conflicts of interest
which may arise from personal interests or associations. FSA staff subject to a conflict of interest must declare that interest
to the person to whom they are
immediately responsible for a decision.(2) If a member of a senior
staff committee has a potential conflict of interest in any
matter in which he is asked to
The procedure for taking decisions
under executive procedures will
generally be less formal and structured than that for decisions by the RDC. Broadly, however, FSA staff responsible for taking statutory
notice decisions under executive
procedures will follow a procedure similar to that described
at DEPP 3.2.7 G to DEPP 3.2.27 G for
the RDC except that:(1) in a case where the decision will
be taken by a senior staff committee: (a) the chairman or deputy chairman
of the senior
(1) 1A person subject to enforcement action may
agree to a financial penalty or other outcome rather than contest formal action
by the FSA.(2) The fact that he does so will not
usually obviate the need for a statutory notice recording the FSA's decision to take that action. Where, however, the person subject to enforcement action agrees
not to contest the content of a proposed statutory
notice, the decision to give that statutory notice will be taken
by senior FSA staff.(3) The
Some of the distinguishing features of notices given under enactments other than the Act are as follows: (1) Building Societies Act 1986, section 36A: There is no right to refer a decision to issue a prohibition order under section 36A to the Tribunal. Accordingly, a decision notice under section 36A(5A) is not required to give an indication of whether any such right exists. A decision notice under section 36A(5A) may only relate to the issue of a prohibition order under section
If FSA staff recommend that action be taken and they consider that the
decision falls within the responsibility of a senior
staff committee:(1) in general the FSA staff's recommendation will go before the senior
staff committee;(2) in urgent statutory
notice cases for which a senior
staff committee is responsible, the decision to give the statutory notice may be taken by the chairman
or, if he is unavailable, a deputy chairman of the senior
staff committee, and, if it is practicable,
In the circumstances described
in DEPP 4.2.1 G (4) the FSA considers
that it may be necessary for an FSA director of division or member of a senior
staff committee to take the decision to give a supervisory notice even if he has been involved
in establishing the evidence on which the decision is based, as permitted
by section 395(3) of the Act.
Where practicable, however, FSA staff will seek to ensure that the FSA director or committee member has not been so involved.
1It is the responsibility of an insurance intermediary's senior management to determine, on a continuing basis, whether the firm is an exempt insurance intermediary for the purposes of this requirement and to appoint an auditor if management determines the firm is no longer exempt. SUP 3.7 (amplified by SUP 15) sets out what a firm should consider when deciding whether it should notify the FSA of matters raised by its auditor.
9(1) Depending on the nature, scale and complexity of its business, it may be appropriate for a firm to delegate much of the task of monitoring the appropriateness and effectiveness of its systems and controls to an internal audit function. An internal audit function should have clear responsibilities and reporting lines to an audit committee or appropriate senior manager, be adequately resourced and staffed by competent individuals, be independent of the day-to-day activities
(1) The RDC is separate from the FSA's executive management structure. Apart from its Chairman, none of the members of the RDC is an FSAemployee.(2) All members of the RDC are appointed for fixed periods by the FSA Board. The FSA Board may remove a member of the RDC, but only in the event of that member's misconduct or incapacity.
(1) The FSA will determine a figure that reflects the seriousness of the breach. In many cases, the amount of revenue generated by a firm from a particular product line or business area is indicative of the harm or potential harm that its breach may cause, and in such cases the FSA will determine a figure which will be based on a percentage of the firm’s revenue from the relevant products or business areas. The FSA also believes that the amount of revenue generated by a firm from
(1) The FSA may increase or decrease the amount of the financial penalty arrived at after Step 2, but not including any amount to be disgorged as set out in Step 1, to take into account factors which aggravate or mitigate the breach. Any such adjustments will be made by way of a percentage adjustment to the figure determined at Step 2.(2) The following list of factors may have the effect of aggravating or mitigating the breach:(a) the conduct of the firm in bringing (or failing
In assessing whether its connection with any person could affect whether a UK recognised body is a fit and proper person, the FSA may have regard to:(1) the reputation and standing of that other person, including his standing with any relevant UK or overseas regulator;(2) breaches of any law or regulation by that other person; (3) the roles of any of the UK recognised body's key individuals who have a position within organisations under the control or influence of that other person,