Related provisions for IPRU-INV 4.2.2
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1The FCA's policy with respect to the prosecution of criminal offences is set out in EG 12 and applies to the prosecution of CCA offences under section 401 of the Act. The FCA will not prosecute a person for an offence under the CCA in respect of an act or omission where the FCA has already disciplined the person under section 66, 205, 206 or 206A of the Act in respect of that act or omission.
The purpose of FIT is to set out and describe the criteria that the FSA8appropriate regulator8 will consider when assessing the fitness and propriety of a candidate for a controlled function (see generally SUP 109SUP 10A and SUP 10B9 on approved persons). The criteria are also relevant in assessing the continuing fitness and propriety of approved persons.8
The FCA is committed to ensuring that senior managers of firms fulfil their responsibilities. The FCA expects senior management to take responsibility for ensuring firms identify risks, develop appropriate systems and controls to manage those risks, and ensure that the systems and controls are effective in practice. The FCA will not pursue senior managers where there is no personal culpability. However, where senior managers are themselves responsible for misconduct, the FCA will,
(1) 1The units of an EEA UCITS scheme in respect of which a notification has been transmitted to the FSA by the competent authority of the UCITS Home State in accordance with article 93 of the UCITS Directive may be marketed in the United Kingdom. This is the effect of section 264 (Schemes constituted in other EEA States) read in conjunction with section 238(4)(c) (Restrictions on promotion) of the Act.(2) Where a management company wishes to market the units of an EEA UCITS scheme
Section 81 of the Act (supplementary listing particulars) requires
an issuer to submit supplementary listing particulars to the FCA for approval if at any time after listing particulars have been submitted
to the FCA and before the commencement of dealings
in the securities following
their admission to the official list:(1) there is a significant change affecting
any matter contained in those particulars the inclusion of which was required
by:(a) section 80 of the Act (general
After submitting a section 178 notice2under SUP 11.4.2 R orSUP 11.4.2A R2 and until the change in control occurs (or is no longer to take place), SUP 15.6.4 R and SUP 15.6.5 R apply to a UK domestic firm in relation to any information its controller or proposed controller provided to the appropriate regulator4 under SUP 11.5.1 R or SUP 11.3.7 D.1224
1Under section 198 of the Act the FCA has power to apply to court on behalf of the Home State regulator of certain incoming EEA
firms for an injunction restraining the incoming EEA
firm from disposing of, or otherwise dealing with, any of its assets. The FCA will consider exercising this power only where a request from a Home State regulator satisfies the requirements of section 198(1).
(1) This chapter sets out rules governing the amounts payable by
FOS Ltd to the FCA to
fund the FCA’s functions under the ADR
Regulations.(2) These rules are made
using the rule-making power in paragraph 23 (Fees) Schedule 1ZA of the Act, as
applied with modifications by Regulation 15A of the ADR
Regulations.
By waiving or modifying the requirements
of a rule or imposing an additional requirement or limitation,
the FCA2 can
ensure that the rules, and
any other requirements or limitations imposed on a firm,
take full account of the firm's individual
circumstances, and so assist the FCA2 in
meeting its2statutory
objectives under the Act.2221
The purposes of SYSC are:(1) to encourage firms' directors and senior managers to take appropriate practical responsibility for their firms' arrangements on matters likely to be of interest to the appropriate regulator because they impinge on the appropriate regulator's functions under the Act;(2) to increase certainty by amplifying Principle 3, under which a firm must take reasonable care to organise and control its affairs responsibly and effectively, with adequate risk management
1Except where the FCA has issued a warning notice, and the FCA has subsequently discontinued the proceedings, the Act does not require the FCA to provide notification of the termination of an investigation or subsequent enforcement action. However, where the FCA has given a person written notice that it has appointed an investigator and later decides to discontinue the investigation without any present intention to take further action, it will confirm this to the person concerned
1When deciding whether or not to disqualify an auditor under section 249(1) or section 261K(1) of the Act (concerning the power to disqualify an auditor for breach of trust scheme
rules or contractual scheme rules), and in setting the disqualification, the FCA will take into account all the circumstances of the case. These may include, but are not limited to, the following circumstances: (1) the effect of the auditor's breach of a duty imposed by trust scheme