Related provisions for SUP 10A.1.19

SUP App 3.10.1G01/01/2016

The guidance in Table 3 describes in broad outline the relationship between:4(1) the insurance-related regulated activities specified in the Regulated Activities Order; and(2) the activities within the scope of the Solvency II Directive77

SUP App 3.10.2G01/01/2016

This is a guide only and should not be used as a substitute for legal advice

in individual cases.

Table 3: Solvency II Directive activities7 7		Part II RAO Activities	Part III RAO Investments
	1. Non-life insurance activities
1.	Taking up and carrying on direct non-life insurance business	Article 10	Article 75
2.	Classes 1 to 18 of non-life insurance business in Point A of Annex I to the Solvency II7 Directive 7 7		Corresponding paragraphs 1 to 18 of Schedule 1, Part I
	2. Life insurance activities7 7
1.	Taking up and carrying on direct life insurance business	Article 10	Article 75
2.	Classes I to IX of direct life insurance business in Annex II to the Solvency II Directive7 7		Corresponding paragraphs I to IX of Schedule 1, Part II

SUP App 3.10.7G01/01/2016

Most of the exclusions under the Directives, however, are not excluded from being regulated activities. For example, the activities of "non-directive friendly societies"7 are regulated under the Act, on a "lighter basis" than the activities of other insurers.7

SUP App 3.10.9G01/07/2003

So, the effect of App 3.12.1 is that an insurer may be carrying on insurance business in the United Kingdom which is to be treated as a regulated activity under article 10 to the Regulated Activities Order (Effecting and carrying out contracts of insurance) in circumstances where the risks covered are treated as located in another EEA State. In that event, the insurer is required by Schedule 3 to the Act to passport into the State concerned and may be subject to conduct of business

SUP App 3.10.10G01/01/2016

An insurer authorised in another EEA State who is insuring UK risks and so passports on a services basis under the Solvency II Directive7 into the United Kingdom may not be carrying on a regulated activity in the United Kingdom. But, if it passports into the United Kingdom, it will qualify for authorisation under paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 to the Act (Firms qualifying for authorisation). Where this is the case, the insurer will be subject to conduct of business requirements in

SUP App 3.10.11G01/01/2016

Although the Solvency II Directive is7 concerned with the regulated activities of effecting and carrying out contracts of insurance, an incoming EEA firm passported under the Solvency II Directive7 will be entitled to carry on certain other regulated activities without the need for top-up permission. This is where the regulated activities are carried on for the purposes of or in connection with the incoming EEA Firm's insurance business1. These regulated activities may include:77(1)

SUP App 3.10.12G01/07/2003

The financial promotion regime under section 21 of the Act (Restrictions on financial promotion) may also apply to EEA insurance undertakings regardless of whether they carry on a regulated activity in the United Kingdom or passport into the United Kingdom.

PERG 7.3.2G08/06/2015

Articles 53,1 53A, 53B,3 53C1 and 53D 3and 53E 5of the Regulated Activities Order contain a number of elements, all of which must be present before a person will require authorisation. For guidance on whether a person is carrying on these regulated activities, see PERG 8 (Financial promotion and related activities),1PERG 4 (Guidance on regulated activities connected with mortgages), PERG 12.6 (Advising on conversion or transfer of pension benefits), 5, 3PERG 14.3, 3PERG 14.4

PERG 7.3.3G30/06/2010

Under section 22 of the Act (Regulated activities), for an activity to be a regulated activity it must be carried on 'by way of business'. There is power in the Act for the Treasury to change the meaning of the business test by including or excluding certain things. It has exercised this power (through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Carrying on Regulated Activities by Way of Business) Order 2001 (SI 2001/1177) (the Business Order). This has been amended by article

PERG 7.3.3AG06/04/2007

The result of the amendments made to the meaning of the business test in section 22 of the Act is that the test differs depending on the activity in question. Where the regulated activities of advising on investments and advising on a home finance transaction1 are concerned, the business test is not to be regarded as satisfied unless a person carries on the business of engaging in those activities. This is a narrower test than that of carrying on regulated activities by way of

PERG 7.3.5G01/04/2013

Advice given in periodicals published from an establishment in the United Kingdom is regarded by the FCA as given in the United Kingdom. A similar approach is taken to advice given in, or by way of, a service provided from such an establishment.

PERG 7.3.6G01/04/2013

In other circumstances, advice issued remotely may still be given in the United Kingdom. For example, the FCA considers that advice is given in the United Kingdom if:(1) it is contained in a non-UK periodical that is posted in hard copy to persons in the United Kingdom;(2) it is contained in a non-UK periodical (or given in or by way of a service) which is made available electronically to such persons.

PERG 7.3.7G06/04/2007

But even if advice is given in the United Kingdom, the general prohibition will not be contravened if the giving of advice does not amount to the carrying on, in the United Kingdom, of the business of advising on investments or advising on a home finance transaction1. Also, the general prohibition will not be contravened if the exclusion for overseas persons in article 72 of the Regulated Activities Order (Overseas persons) applies. That exclusion applies in relation to the giving

PERG 7.3.8G06/04/2007

If a person is carrying on the business of advising on investments or advising on a home finance transaction1in the United Kingdom, he will not require authorisation if:(1) he is able to rely on an exclusion; in addition to the exclusions already mentioned (in articles 54 and 72 of the Regulated Activities Order), other exclusions that may be relevant are in Chapter XVII of Part II of the Regulated Activities Order; or(2) he is an exempt person (see PERG 2.11 (What to do now?1));

PERG 7.3.9G01/04/2013

Many people may be involved in the production of a periodical publication, news service or broadcast. But if the regulated activity of advising on investments or advising on a home finance transaction1 is being carried on so that authorisation is required, the FCA's view is that the person carrying on the activity (and who will require authorisation) is the person whose business it is to have the editorial control over the content. In the case of a periodical publication, this

SUP 16.12.1G01/04/2014

1The effect of SUP 16.1.1 R is that this section applies to every firm carrying on business set out in column (1) of SUP 16.12.4 R except:(1) an incoming EEA firm2 with permission for cross border services only;(1A) an incoming EEA firm in relation to its carrying on of bidding in emissions auctions;32(2) an oil market participant that is not subject to the requirements of IPRU(INV) Chapter 32;(3) an authorised professional firm (other than one that must comply with IPRU(INV)

SUP 16.12.2G01/01/2014

(1) Principle 4 requires firms to maintain adequate financial resources. The Interim Prudential sourcebooks, BIPRU,37GENPRU and IFPRU37 set out the appropriate regulator's98 detailed capital adequacy requirements. By submitting regular data, firms enable the appropriate regulator98 to monitor their compliance with Principle 4 and their prudential requirements.983798989837(2) The data items submitted help the appropriate regulator98 analyse firms' financial and other conditions

SUP 16.12.3R02/01/2015

(1) Any firm permitted to 5carry5 on any of the activities within each of the RAGs set out in column (1) of the table in SUP 16.12.4 R must:(a) (i) unless (ii) or (iii) 11applies, submit to the appropriate regulator98 the duly completed data items or other items applicable to the firm as set out in the provision referred to in column (2) of that table;98(ii) unless (iii) applies, where 11 a firm is required to submit completed data items for 11more than one RAG, that11firm must

SUP 16.12.3-AG01/01/2014

(1) 45Investment firms subject to the EU CRR should refer to any relevant technical standards to determine their specific reporting obligations, as those obligations may extend beyond those specified in this chapter.(2) Where a firm submits a data item pursuant any applicable provision of the EU CRR any data item with the same name and purpose does not have to be submitted again regardless of RAG.45

SUP 16.12.4R01/07/2014

Table of applicable rules containing data items 4, frequency and submission periods

(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)
RAGnumber	Regulated Activities	Provisions containing:
RAGnumber	Regulated Activities	applicabledata items	reporting frequency/ period	due date32 32
RAG 1	• accepting deposits • meeting of repayment claims 12 • managing dormant account funds (including the investment of such funds)12 27	SUP 16.12.5 R, except FSA001 and FSA002 on consolidated basis for FINREP firms 37	SUP 16.12.6 R	SUP 16.12.7 R
RAG 2.1	• effecting contracts of insurance • carrying out contracts of insurance • entering as provider into a funeral plan contract	SUP 16.12.8 R2	SUP 16.12.8 R2	SUP 16.12.8 R2
RAG 2.2	• managing the underwriting capacity of a Lloyds syndicate as a managing agent at Lloyds • advising on syndicate participation at Lloyds • arranging deals in contracts of insurance written at Lloyds	SUP 16.12.9 R2	SUP 16.12.9 R2	SUP 16.12.9 R2
RAG 3	• dealing in investment as principal • dealing in investments as agent • advising on investments (excluding retail investment activities) • arranging (bringing about) deals in investments (excluding retail investment activities)	SUP 16.12.10 R2 SUP 16.12.11 R or SUP 16.12.11B R for UK designated investment firms 37except FSA001 and FSA002 on consolidated basis for FINREP firms 37	SUP 16.12.10 R2SUP 16.12.12 R or SUP 16.12.12A R for UK designated investment firms 37	SUP 16.12.10 R2SUP 16.12.13 R
RAG 4	• managing investments • establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme • establishing, operating or winding up a stakeholder pension scheme • establishing, operating or winding up a personal pension scheme2 • managing an AIF 38 • managing a UCITS 38 5 • operating an electronic system in relation to lending (FCA-authorised persons only)48 38 38	SUP 16.12.14 R2 SUP 16.12.15 R or SUP 16.12.15B R for UK designated investment firms 37, except FSA001 and FSA002 on consolidated basis for FINREP firms 37	SUP 16.12.14 R2SUP 16.12.16 R or SUP 16.12.16A R for UK designated investment firm 37	SUP 16.12.14 R2SUP 16.12.17 R
RAG 5	• home finance administration or home finance providing activity 11 11	SUP 16.12.18A R2 and SUP 16.12.18BR 37	SUP 16.12.18A R2 and SUP 16.12.18BR 37	SUP 16.12.18A R2 and SUP 16.12.18BR 37
RAG 6	• safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging) • arranging safeguarding and administration of assets • acting as trustee or depositary of an AIF 38 • acting as trustee or depositary of a UCITS 38 38 40 38	SUP 16.12.19A R2	SUP 16.12.20 R2	SUP 16.12.21 R2
RAG 7	• retail investment activities • advising on pensions transfers & opt-outs • arranging (bringing about deals) in retail investments	SUP 16.12.22A R or SUP 16.12.22C R for UK designated investment firms 37, except FSA001 and FSA002 on consolidated basis for FINREP firms 37	SUP 16.12.23A R and37SUP 16.12.23 R for UK designated investment firms 37	SUP 16.12.24 R
RAG 8	• making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments • operating a multilateral trading facility4	SUP 16.12.25A R or SUP 16.12.25C R for UK designated investment firms 37except FSA001 and FSA002 on consolidated basis for FINREP firm 37	SUP 16.12.26 R	SUP 16.12.27 R
RAG 9	• home finance mediation activity 14 • insurance mediation activity (non-investment insurance contracts) 14	SUP 16.12.28A R14	SUP 16.12.28A R14	SUP 16.12.28A R14
RAG 10	• the activities of an RIE 98 98	SUP 16.12.29 G2	SUP 16.12.29 G2	SUP 16.12.29 G2 32
32 RAG 11	bidding in emissions auctions	SUP 16.12.29A R	SUP 16.12.29A R	SUP 16.12.29A R
47 RAG 12 [FCA]	• credit-related regulated activity	SUP 16.12.29C R	SUP 16.12.29C R	SUP 16.12.29C R

SUP 16.12.9AG01/01/2014

13A Member'sadviser that is also an IFPRU investment firm45will also fall under one of the higher number RAGs that apply to IFPRU investment firms. That means that it will have to report a number of data items in addition to the ones that it has to supply under RAG 2.2.45

SUP 16.12.28AR06/07/2009

2The applicable data items, reporting frequencies and submission deadlines referred to in SUP 16.12.4 R are set out in the table below. Reporting frequencies are calculated from a firm's accounting reference date, unless indicated otherwise. The due dates are the last day of the periods given in the table below following the relevant reporting frequency period.

Description of data item 11	Data item 11 (note 1)	Frequency		Submission deadline
		Annual regulated business revenue up to and including £5 million	Annual regulated business revenue over £5 million
Balance Sheet	Section A RMAR	Half yearly	Quarterly	30 business days
Income Statement	Section B RMAR	Half yearly	Quarterly	30 business days
Capital Adequacy	Section D1 RMAR	Half yearly	Quarterly	30 business days
Professional indemnity insurance (note 2)11	Section E RMAR	Half yearly	Quarterly 11 11	30 business days
Threshold Conditions	Section F RMAR	Half yearly	Half yearly	30 business days
Training and Competence	Section G RMAR	Half yearly	Half yearly	30 business days
COBS11 data	Section H RMAR	Half yearly	Half yearly	30 business days
Supplementary product sales data	Section I RMAR	Half yearly11 11	Annually	30 business days
Client money and client assets	Section C RMAR	Half yearly	Quarterly	30 business days
Fees and levies	Section J RMAR	Annually	Annually	30 business days
Note 1	When submitting the completed data item required, a firm must use the format of the data item set out in SUP 16 Annex 18A. Guidance notes for the completion of the data items is set out in SUP 16 Annex 18B.
11Note 2	This item only applies to firms that may be subject to an FSA requirement to hold professional indemnity insurance and are not exempt CAD firms.

SUP 16.12.29BR04/12/2015

47SUP 16.12.29C R does not apply:(1) to a credit firm if the only credit-related regulated activity it carries on is providing credit references;(2) to a credit firm that is a not-for-profit body, unless it is a not-for-profit debt advice body; (2A) to a firm if the only credit-related regulated activity it carries on is advising on regulated credit agreements for the acquisition of land;63(3) with respect to credit-related regulated activity to the extent that it relates to credit

SUP 16.12.29CR02/11/2015

47The applicable data items, reporting frequencies and submission deadlines referred to in SUP 16.12.4 R are set out in the table below. Reporting frequencies are calculated from a firm's accounting reference date, unless indicated otherwise. The due dates are the last day of the periods given in the table below following the relevant reporting frequency period.

Description of data item	Data item (note 1)	Frequency		Submission deadline
		Annual revenue from credit-related regulated activities up to and including £5 million (note 2)	Annual revenue from credit-related regulated activities over £5 million
Financial data (note 3)	CCR001	Annually	Half yearly	30 business days
Volumes (note 4)	CCR002	Annually	Half yearly	30 business days
Lenders (note 5)	CCR003	Annually	Half yearly	30 business days
Debt management (note 6)	CCR004	Annually	Half yearly	30 business days
Client Money & Assets (note 7)	CCR005	Annually	Half yearly	30 business days
Debt collection (note 8)	CCR006	Annually	Half yearly	30 business days
Key data (note 9)	CCR007	Annually	Annually	30 business days56
56Credit broking websites (note 10)	CCR008	Quarterly (note 11)60	Quarterly (note 11)60	30 business days
Note 1	When submitting the required data item, a firm must use the format of the data item set out in SUP 16 Annex 38A50. Guidance notes for the completion of the data items is set out in SUP 16 Annex 38B50.
Note 2	References to revenue in SUP 16.12.29C R in relation to any firm do not include the amount of any repayment of any credit provided by that firm as lender.
Note 3	(a) Subject to (b) to (d) below, this data item applies to all credit firms. (b) This data item does not apply to a firm if the only credit-related regulated activity for which it has permission is operating an electronic system in relation to lending. (c) This data item does not apply to a firm required to submit a Balance Sheet, Income Statement or Capital Adequacy data item from a RAG other than RAG 12. (d) This data item does not apply to a firm with limited permission unless it is a not-for-profit debt advice body and at any point in the last 12 months has held £1 million or more in client money or as the case may be, projects that it will hold £1million or more in client money in the next 12 months.
Note 4	(a) Subject to (b) below, this data item applies to all credit firms. (b) This data item does not apply to a firm with limited permission unless it is a not-for-profit debt advice body and at any point in the last 12 months has held £1 million or more in client money or as the case may be, projects that it will hold £1million or more in client money in the next 12 months.
Note 5	This data item applies to all firms with permission for entering into a regulated credit agreement as lender or exercising, or having the right to exercise, the lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement.
Note 6	(a) Subject to (b) to (d) below, this data item applies to a debt management firm and to a not-for-profit debt advice body that at any point in the last 12 months has held £1 million or more in client money or, as the case may be, projects that it will hold £1million or more in client money in the next 12 months. (b) This data item does not apply to a firm with limited permission other than a not-for-profit debt advice body within (a). (c) This data item does not apply to a firm required to submit a Capital Adequacy data item from a RAG other than RAG 12, or under SUP 16.13, unless (d) applies (d) Where a firm is required to submit a Capital Adequacy data item from a RAG other than RAG 12 or under SUP 16.13 but the firm's highest capital requirement derives from its activity under RAG 12, the firm should submit both CCR004 and the Capital Adequacy data item required from the RAG other than RAG 12 or SUP 16.13.
Note 7	This data item applies to a CASS debt management firm.
Note 8	This data item applies to a firm with permission to carry on debt collecting or operating an electronic system in relation to lending.
note 9	(a) Subject to (b) and (c) below, this data item applies to a firm that has limited permission. (b) This data item does not apply to an authorised professional firm that is a CASS debt management firm. Such a firm is instead required to submit the other data items in SUP 16.12.29C R as appropriate. (c) This data item does not apply to a not-for-profit debt advice body that at any point in the last 12 months has held £1 million or more in client money or, as the case may be, projects that it will hold £1million or more in client money in the next 12 months. Such a not-for-profit debt advice body is instead required to submit data items CCR001, CCR002, CCR004 and CCR005.56
56Note 10	This data item applies to a firm that carries on credit broking where a fee or charge is or may become payable by a customer in connection with the credit broking activities. Firms are also reminded of the requirement to check the accuracy of standing data (including trading name(s) of the firm and website address) and to report changes to the appropriate regulator under SUP 16.10.4 R and the requirement to give the appropriate regulator reasonable advance notice of a change in any business name under which the firm carries on a regulated activity or ancillary activity either from an establishment in the United Kingdom or with or for clients in the United Kingdom under SUP 15.5.1 R.
60Note 11	Quarters end on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December.

SUP 16.12.30R01/10/2014

(1) 2An authorised professional firm, other than one that must comply with IPRU(INV) 3, 5 or 13 in accordance with IPRU(INV) 2.1.4R,3 or one that is a CASS debt management firm or one that carries on only credit-related regulated activity as a non-mainstream regulated activity,47 must submit an annual questionnaire, contained in SUP 16 Annex 9R, unless:11(a) its only regulated activities are one or more of:(i) insurance mediation;(ii) mortgage mediation;(iii) retail investment;(iv)

SUP 16.12.30AR01/01/2008

3An authorised professional firm that must comply with IPRU(INV) 3, 5, 10 or 13 in accordance with IPRU(INV) 2.1.4R must submit the relevant reports in SUP 16.12.4 R to SUP 16.12.29 G, according to the regulated activity groups that its business falls into.

PERG 8.14.14G01/07/2005

There are a number of exemptions in the Financial Promotion Order relating to financial promotions sent into the United Kingdom by an overseas communicator who does not carry on certain controlled activities in the United Kingdom. These exemptions apply in addition to any other exemptions which may apply to any particular financial promotion by an overseas communicator.

PERG 8.14.15G01/07/2005

Article 30 exempts any solicited real time financial promotion made by an overseas communicator in the course of or for the purposes of certain controlled activities which he carries on outside the United Kingdom. This enables an overseas communicator, for example, to respond to an unprompted telephone enquiry made by a person in the United Kingdom or an enquiry which follows a financial promotion made by the overseas communicator and which was approved by an authorised perso

PERG 8.14.16G01/04/2013

In order to make an unsolicited real time financial promotion, an overseas communicator must rely on either article 32 or article 33. Article 32 provides an exemption for unsolicited real time financial promotions made by an overseas communicator to persons who were previously overseas and were a customer of his then. This is subject to certain conditions, including that, in broad terms, the customer would reasonably expect to be contacted about the subject matter of the financial

PERG 8.14.18G01/04/2014

This exemption allows a person in another EEA State who lawfully carries on a controlled activity in that State to promote into the United Kingdom. The terms of the exemption are that the promotion must comply with the rules inCOBS 45,9MCOB 3 or CONC 39 (as relevant). Care should be taken as any failure to satisfy any of the relevant requirements of these rules may mean that this exemption is not satisfied and that the financial promotion may breach section 21 if it has not been

PERG 8.14.19G01/07/2005

Article 39 of the Financial Promotion Order exempts a financial promotion that:(1) is communicated by one participator or potential participator in a joint enterprise to another; and(2) is in connection with or for the purposes of that enterprise.A joint enterprise means, in general terms, arrangements entered into by two or more persons for commercial purposes related to a business that they carry on. The business must not involve a controlled activity. The term ‘participant’

PERG 8.14.20G01/04/2013

In the FCA's opinion;(1) it will not matter that a person enters into arrangements for investment or other purposes provided that he also enters them into for commercial purposes; and(2) each participant must be carrying on the business in question in their own right.This means that the sponsors or promoters of a company who arrange for private investors to become shareholders will not be setting up a joint enterprise simply because the company may intend to carry on a relevant

PERG 8.14.27G01/04/2013

To be a sophisticated investor for the purposes of article 50, the recipient of a financial promotion must have a current certificate from an authorised person stating that he has enough knowledge to be able to understand the risks associated with the description of investment to which the financial promotion relates. Where the financial promotion is an outgoing electronic commerce communication3, the certificate may be signed by a person who is entitled, under the law of an EEA

PERG 8.14.31G01/11/2007

The exemption is subject to certain conditions. In broad terms, these are that the financial promotion must be accompanied by an indication:(1) that the directors or promoters of the company have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the financial promotion is true and not misleading;(2) that the directors or promoters have not limited their liability;(3) that any person who is in doubt about the investment should consult an authorised person; and(4) that:(a) the directors

PERG 8.14.34AG28/09/2015

11The financial promotion restriction (that is, the restriction in section 21 of the Act) does not apply to a communication which is a non-real time financial promotion or a solicited real time financial promotion by an insolvency practitioner who acts in that capacity (see the definition of “acting as an insolvency practitioner” in article 3 of the Regulated Activities Order). The exemption only applies where the communication is made in the course of carrying on an activity

SUP App 3.9.1G21/12/2015

The following Tables 1, 2, 2ZA 7 2A and 2B1 provide an outline of the regulated activities and specified investments that may be of relevance to firms considering undertaking passported activities under the CRD6, 1MiFID3, AIFMD7, the UCITS Directive, the MCD9 and the Insurance Mediation Directive.1 The tables may be of assistance to UK firms that are thinking of offering financial services in another EEA State and to EEA firms that may offer those services in the United King

SUP App 3.9.5G01/01/2012

3Table 2: MiFID investment services and activities		Part II RAO Investments	Part III RAO Investments
	A MiFID investment services and activities
1.	Reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments	Article 252	Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
2.	Execution of orders on behalf of clients	Article 14, 21	A Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
3.	Dealing on own account	Article 14	Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
4.	Portfolio management	Article 37 (14, 21, 25 - see Note 1) 2	Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
5.	Investment advice	Article 53	Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
6.	Underwriting of financial instruments and/or placing of financial instruments on a firm commitment basis	Article 14, 21	Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
7.	Placing of financial instruments without a firm commitment basis	Article 21, 25	Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
8.	Operation of Multilateral Trading Facilities	Article 25D5 (see Note 2) 5	Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
	Ancillary services	Part II RAO Activities	Part III RAO Investments
1.	Safekeeping and administration of financial instruments for the account of clients, including custodianship and related services such as cash/collateral management	Article 40, 45, 64	Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
2.	Granting credits or loans to an investor to allow him to carry out a transaction in one or more of the relevant instruments where the firm granting the credit or loan is involved
3.	Advice to undertakings on capital structure, industrial strategy and related matters and advice and services relating to mergers and the purchase of undertakings	Article 14, 21, 25, 53, 64	Article 76-80, 83-85, 89
4.	Foreign exchange services where these are connected with the provision of investment services	Article 14, 21, 25, 53, 64	Article 83-85, 89
5.	Investment research and financial analysis or other forms of general recommendation relating to transactions in financial instruments	Article 53, 64	Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
6.	Services related to underwriting	Article 25, 53, 64	Article 76-81, 83-85, 89
7.	Investment services and activities as well as ancillary services of the type included under Section A or B of Annex I related to the underlying of the derivatives included under Section C 5, 6, 7 and 10-where these are connected to the provision of investment or ancillary services.	Article 14, 21, 25, 25D,5 37, 53, 64 5	Article 83 and 84
Note 1. A firm may also carry on these other activities when it is managing investments.2
Note 2. A firm operating an MTF under article 25D5 does not need to have a permission covering other regulated activities, unless it performs other regulated activities in addition to operating an MTF. 5

SUP App 3.9.5AG28/02/2014

Table 2ZA: AIFMD activities		Part II RAO Activities	Part III RAO Investments
1.	AIFM management functions.	Article 51ZC	N/A (activity relates to property of any kind)
2.	Management of portfolios of investments, including those owned by pension funds and institutions for occupational retirement in accordance with article 19(1) of Directive 2003/41/EC, in accordance with mandates given by investors on a discretionary client-by-client basis (Note 2).	Articles 14, 21, 25, 37, 40 (arranging only), 64	Articles 76 to 81, 83 to 85, 89
3.	Investment advice (Note 2).	Articles 53, 64	Articles 76 to 81, 83 to 85, 89
4.	Safe-keeping and administration in relation to shares or units of collective investment undertakings.	Articles 40, 45, 64	Articles 76 to 81, 83 to 85, 89
5.	Reception and transmission or orders in relation to financial instruments.	Articles 25(1), 64	Articles 76 to 81, 83 to 85, 89
Note 1. See FUND 1.4.2 R to FUND 1.4.4 R for further information in relation to the activities that full-scope UK AIFMs are able to perform.
Note 2. See FUND 1.4.5 G for the position with respect to assets which are not financial instruments.

SUP App 3.9.6G22/07/2014

Table 2A: UCITS Directive activities		Part II RAO Activities	Part III RAO Investments
1.	The management of UCITS in the form of unit trusts / common funds or of investment companies; this includes the function mentioned in Annex II of the UCITS Directive (see Note 2).	Article 51ZA8 8	N/A (activity relates to property of any kind) (Note 3)8 8 8
2.	Managing portfolios of investments, including those owned by pension funds, in accordance with mandates given by investors on a discretionary, client-by-client basis, where such portfolios include one or more of the instruments listed in Section C 3of Annex I 3to MiFID 3. 3 3	Articles 14, 21, 25, 37, 40 (arranging only),8 64 8	Articles 76-81, 83-85, 89
3.	Investment advice concerning one or more of the instruments listed in Section C3of Annex I 3to MiFID 3. 3	Articles 53, 64	Articles 76-81, 83-85, 89
4.	Safekeeping and administration services in relation to units of collective investment undertakings.	Articles 40, 45, 64	Articles 76-81, 83-85, 89
Note 1. A UCITS management company can only be authorised to carry on the non-core services set out in rows (3) and (4) of Table 2A if it is also authorised to carry on the activity set out in row (2) of the table (see COLL 6.9.9 R)8. 3 3 8
Note 2. The functions set out in Annex 2 to the UCITS Directive are:
1.	Investment management.
2.	Administration:
	a.	legal and fund management accounting services;
	b.	customer inquiries;
	c.	valuation and pricing (including tax returns);
	d.	regulatory compliance monitoring;
	e.	maintenance of unit-holder register;
	f.	distribution of income;
	g.	unit issues and redemptions;
	h.	contract settlements (including certificate dispatch);
	i.	record keeping.
3.	Marketing.
8Note 3. The regulated activity of managing a UCITS may be carried on for property of any kind (article 4(2) of the regulated activities order). However, the scheme property of a UCITS scheme is limited to certain types of property, in line with COLL 5 (Investment and borrowing powers).

SUP App 3.9.7G01/11/2007

Table 2B: Insurance Mediation Directive2 Activities 2		Part II RAO Activities	Part III RAO Investments
1.	Introducing, proposing or carrying out other work preparatory to the conclusion of contracts of insurance.	Articles 25, 53 and 64	Articles 75, 89 (see Note 1)
2.	Concluding contracts of insurance	Articles 21, 25, 53 and 64	Articles 75, 89
3.	Assisting in the administration and performance of contracts of insurance, in particular in the event of a claim.	Articles 39A, 64	Articles 75, 89
Note 1. Rights to or interests in life policies are specified investments under Article 89 of the Regulated Activities Order, but rights to or interests in general insurance contracts are not.

SUP App 3.9.8G21/12/2015

	Table 3: MCD activities	Part II RAO specified activities	Part III RAO Investments
1	Acting as credit intermediary	Articles 25A(1), 25(2A), 53A, 36A(1)(d), (e), (f) and 53DA	Articles 88 and 88D

COND 1.1A.1G01/04/2013

(1) Section 55C of the Financial Services Act 2012 (Power to amend Schedule 6) gave HM Treasury the power to amend Schedule 6 of the Act. HM Treasury exercised this power by making The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Threshold Conditions) Order 2013 which entered into force on 1 April 2013 (the "TC Order"). The TC Order's main result is the creation of four sets of threshold conditions, namely:(i) conditions for firms authorised and regulated by the FCA only (paragraphs

COND 1.1A.3G01/04/2013

(1) As a result of the new legal framework for threshold conditions described in COND 1.1A.1G (1), PRA-authorised persons and firms seeking to become PRA-authorised persons are subject to two sets of threshold conditions:(i) the FCA-specific conditions referred to in COND 1.1A.1G (1)(ii)and(ii) one of the two PRA-specific conditions referred to in COND 1.1A.1G (1)(iii) or (iv), depending on the PRA-regulated activities which the PRA-authorised person or firm carries on, or is

COND 1.1A.4G01/04/2013

COND applies to incoming EEA firms and incoming Treaty firms as set out below:(1) for an incoming EEA firm or an incoming Treaty firm which does not carry on any PRA-regulated activities, FCAthreshold conditions 2C to 2F apply; and(2) for an incoming EEA firm or an incoming Treaty firm which carries on a PRA-regulated activity, FCAthreshold conditions 3B to 3E apply.FCAthreshold conditions apply to incoming EEA firms and incoming Treaty firms only in as far as relevant to the

COND 1.1A.5AG28/09/2015

(1) 2The FCAthreshold conditions apply to a person that carries on, or seeks to carry on, only relevant credit activities (within paragraph 2G of Schedule 6 to the Act) and which therefore has, or is applying for, limited permission with a number of modifications (see article 10(19) of the Regulated Activities Amendment Order). Regulated activities a person carries on in relation to which sections 20(1) and (1A) and 23(1A) of the Act do not apply as a result of section 39(1D)

COND 1.1A.6G01/04/2013

Subject to the limitations referred to above, COND applies in relation to all of the regulated activities for which a firm has, or will have, permission.

COND 1.1A.7G01/04/2013

COND applies in relation to all of the regulated activities wherever they are carried on, except as stated in COND 1.1A.4 G.

SUP 12.2.1G01/11/2007

(1) Under section 19 of the Act (The general prohibition), no person may carry on a regulated activity in the United Kingdom, or purport to do so, unless he is an authorised person, or he is an exempt person in relation to that activity.(2) A person will be an exempt person if he satisfies the conditions in section 39(1) of the Act, guidance on which is given in SUP 12.2.2 G. A person who is exempt as a result of satisfying these conditions is referred to in the Act as an appointed

SUP 12.2.2G01/04/2014

(1) A person (other than a firm with only a limited permission)15must satisfy the conditions in section 39(1) of the Act to become an appointed representative. These are that:(a) the person must not be an authorised person, that is, he must not have permission under the Act to carry on any regulated activity in his own right (section 39(1) of the Act); (b) the person must have entered into a contract with an authorised person, referred to in the Act as the 'principal', which:(i)

SUP 12.2.2AG01/04/2014

(1) 15Under sections 20(1) and (1A) of the Act (Authorised persons acting without permission), if an authorised person carries on a regulated activity in the United Kingdom, or purports to do so, otherwise than in accordance with his permission, he is to be taken to have contravened a requirement imposed by the FCA (in the case of a FCA-authorised person) or the FCA and the PRA (in the case of a PRA-authorised person).(2) In addition, under section 23(1A) of the Act (Contravention

SUP 12.2.2BG01/04/2014

(1) 15A firm must satisfy the conditions in section 39(1C) of the Act to become an appointed representative. These are that:(a) the firm must have only a limited permission (section 39(1C)(a) of the Act);(b) the firm must have entered into a contract with another authorised person, referred to in the Act as the 'principal', which:(i) permits or requires him to carry on business of a description prescribed in the Appointed Representatives Regulations (section 39(1C)(b)(i) of the

SUP 12.2.3G01/04/2014

As long as the conditions in section 39 of the Act are satisfied, any person, other than an authorised person (unless he has only a limited permission)15, may become an appointed representative, including a body corporate, a partnership or an individual in business on his own account. However, an appointed representative cannot be an authorised person under the Act unless he has only a limited permission. A person15 cannot be exempt for some regulated activities and authorised

SUP 12.2.7G04/08/2014

(1) The Appointed Representatives Regulations are made by the Treasury under section 39(1)), (1C) and (1E)15 of the Act. These regulations describe, among other things, the business for which an appointed representative may be exempt or to which sections 20(1) and (1A) and 23(1A) of the Act may not apply15, which is business which comprises any of:(a) dealing in investments as agent (article 21 of the Regulated Activities Order) where the transaction relates to a pure protection

SUP 12.2.13G01/12/2004

(1) An introducer is an individual appointed by a firm or by an appointed representative of such a firm to carry out, in the course of designated investment business, either or both of the following activities:4(a) effecting introductions; (b) distributing non-real time financial promotions.(2) An introducer is not an exempt person under section 39 of the Act (unless he is also an introducer appointed representative) and hence cannot benefit from the exemption to carry on regulated

PERG 5.11.1G01/04/2014

This part of the guidance deals with:(1) exclusions which are disapplied where the regulated activity relates to contracts of insurance;(2) exclusions which are disapplied where a person carries on insurance mediation; and(3) the following exclusions applying to more than one regulated activity:(a) activities carried on in the course of a profession or non-investment business (article 67 (Activities carried on in the course of a profession or non-investment business));(b) activities

PERG 5.11.2G01/07/2005

There are a number of 'pre-IMD' exclusions that have the effect of restricting the scope of the regulated activities referred to in this guidance. Several of these are disapplied or modified as part of implementation of the IMD.

PERG 5.11.6G01/04/2013

(1) The removal of the exclusion for groups and joint enterprises in article 69 of the Regulated Activities Order (Groups and joint enterprises) may have implications for a company providing services for:(a) other members of its group; or(b) other participants in a joint enterprise of which it is a participant.(2) Such companies might typically provide risk or treasury management or administration services which may include regulated activities relating to a contract of insurance.

PERG 5.11.9G01/04/2013

Article 67 excludes from the activities of dealing as agent, arranging (bringing about) deals in investments, making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments, assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance and advising on investments, any activity which:(1) is carried on in the course of carrying on any profession or business which does not otherwise consist of the carrying on of regulated activities in the United Kingdom; and(2) may

PERG 5.11.10G01/07/2005

Although the article 67 exclusion is disapplied (by article 4(4A) of the Regulated Activities Order (Specified investments: general)) when a person takes up or pursues insurance mediation or reinsurance mediation as defined by articles 2.3 and 2.5 of the IMD, there may be cases where a person is not carrying on activities that amount to insurance mediation. For example, where a person's activities amount simply to the provision of information on an incidental basis in the context

PERG 5.11.13G01/04/2013

Article 72B (see also PERG 5.3.7 G (Connected contracts of insurance)) may be of relevance to persons who supply non-motor goods or provide services related to travel in the course of carrying on a profession or business which does not otherwise consist of carrying on regulated activities. In the FCA's view, the fact that a person may carry on regulated activities in the course of the carrying on of a profession or business does not, of itself, mean that the profession or business

PERG 2.4.3G27/07/2012

Section 418 of the Act (Carrying on regulated activities in the United Kingdom) takes this one step further. It extends the meaning that 'in the United Kingdom' would ordinarily have by setting out five additional cases. The Act states that, in these five cases, a person who is carrying on a regulated activity but who would not otherwise be regarded as carrying on the activity in the United Kingdom is, for the purposes of the Act, to be regarded as carrying on the activity in

PERG 2.4.4G01/07/2005

The application of the third and fourth cases will depend on how the activities carried on from the UK establishment are set up and operated.

PERG 2.4.5G01/07/2005

A person who is based outside the United Kingdom but who sets up an establishment in the United Kingdom must therefore consider the following matters. First, he must not, unless he is authorised, carry on regulated activities in the United Kingdom. Second, unless he is authorised, the day-to-day management of the carrying on of the regulated activity must not be the responsibility of the UK establishment. This may, for example, affect those UK establishments that in the context

PERG 2.4.6G01/07/2005

A person based outside the United Kingdom may also be carrying on activities in the United Kingdom even if he does not have a place of business maintained by him in the United Kingdom (for example, by means of the internet or other telecommunications system or by occasional visits). In that case, it will be relevant to consider whether what he is doing satisfies the business test as it applies in relation to the activities in question. In addition, he may be able to rely on the

PERG 2.4.7G01/01/2016

Electronic commerce activities, other than insurance business falling within the scope of theSolvency II Directive,5 provided by an incoming ECA provider will not be regulated activities (see PERG 2.9.18G (2)).5

PERG 2.4.8G02/04/2013

3For the avoidance of doubt, a person who is based outside of the United Kingdom but who makes benchmark submissions to a benchmark administrator is carrying out regulated activities in the United Kingdom.

SUP 6.5.1G01/04/2013

Under section 33(2) of the Act (Withdrawal of authorisation), if the appropriate regulator cancels a firm'sPart 4A permission,1 and as a result there is no regulated activity for which the firm has permission, the regulator authorising that firm1 is required to give a direction withdrawing the firm's status as an authorised person.111

PERG 4.5.1G01/07/2005

Article 25A of the Regulated Activities Order describes two types of regulated activities concerned with arrangingregulated mortgage contracts. These are:(1) making arrangements for another person to:(a) enter into a regulated mortgage contract as borrower; or(b) vary the terms of a regulated mortgage contract entered into by him as borrower on or after 31 October 2004 in such a way as to vary his obligations under the contract; and(2) making arrangements with a view to a person

PERG 4.5.2G01/04/2013

The first activity (article 25A(1)) is referred to in this guidance as arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts. Various points arise:(1) It is not necessary for the potential borrower himself to be involved in making the arrangements.(2) This activity is carried on only if the arrangements bring about, or would bring about a regulated mortgage contract. This is because of the exclusion in article 26 (see PERG 4.5.4 G).(3) This activity therefore includes the activities

PERG 4.5.10G01/07/2005

Article 33A of the Regulated Activities Order (Introducing to authorised persons) excludes from article 25A(2) arrangements under which a borrower is introduced to certain persons. Introducing is only a regulated activity under article 25A(2) as it does not of itself bring about regulated mortgage contracts (see PERG 4.5.2 G).

PERG 4.5.11G01/05/2013

The exclusion applies for introductions to:(1) an authorised person who has permission to carry on a regulated activity specified in article 25A (Arranging regulated mortgage contracts) or article 53A (Advising on regulated mortgage contracts) or article 61(1) (Entering into a regulated mortgage contract as lender); introducers can check the status of an authorised person and its permission by visiting the Financial Services Register1 at http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register/;11(2) an

PERG 4.5.18G01/07/2005

In addition to the exclusion in article 33A, introducers may be able to take advantage of the exclusion in article 33 of the Regulated Activities Order (Introducing). This excludes arrangements where:(1) they are arrangements under which persons will be introduced to another person;(2) the person to whom the introduction is to be made is:(a) an authorised person; or(b) an exempt person acting in the course of business comprising a regulated activity in relation to which he is

PERG 4.5.19G01/07/2005

The Regulated Activities Order contains a number of other exclusions which have the effect of preventing certain activities from amounting to regulated activities within article 25. These are referred to in PERG 4.10 (Exclusions applying to more than one regulated activity). There is also an exclusion where both the arranger and borrower are overseas, which is referred to in PERG 4.11 (Link between activities and the United Kingdom).

PERG 5.13.1G01/04/2014

Section 39 of the Act (Exemption of appointed representatives) exempts appointed representatives from the need to obtain authorisation (or, in relation to an appointed representative with a limited permission, provides that sections 20(1) and (1A) and 23(1A) of the Act do not apply in relation to the carrying on of the regulated activity which is comprised in the business for which his principal has accepted responsibility and for which he does not have limited permission)1. An

PERG 5.13.2G01/04/2014

Unless a person has only a limited permission for certain credit-related regulated activities, a1person who is an authorised person cannot be an appointed representative (see section 39(1) of the Act (Exemption of appointed representatives)).1

PERG 5.13.3G01/07/2005

An appointed representative can carry on only those regulated activities which are specified in the Appointed Representatives Regulations. The regulated activities set out in the table in PERG 5.13.4 G are included in those regulations. As set out in the table, the insurance mediation activities that can be carried on by an appointed representative differ depending on the type of contracts of insurance in relation to which the activities are carried on.

PERG 5.13.4G01/07/2005

Insurance mediation activities able to be carried on by an appointed representative. This table belongs to PERG 5.13.3 G.

Type of contract of insurance	Regulated activities an appointed representative can carry on
General insurance contract	dealing in investments as agent; arranging; assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance; advising on investments; and agreeing to carry on these regulated activities.
Pure protection contract	dealing in investments as agent (but only where the contract is not a long-term care insurance contract); arranging; assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance; advising on investments; and agreeing to carry on these regulated activities.
Life policy	arranging; assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance; advising on investments; and agreeing to carry on these regulated activities

PERG 5.13.5G01/04/2013

A person who is not already an appointed representative may wish to become one in relation to the regulated activitiesspecified in the Appointed Representatives Regulations (see table in PERG 5.13.4 G). If so, he must be appointed under a written contract by an authorised person, who has permission to carry on those regulated activities and who accepts responsibility for the appointed representative's actions when acting for him. SUP 12.4 (What must a firm do when it appoints

PERG 5.13.6G01/04/2014

Where a person is already an appointed representative and he proposes to carry on any insurance mediation activities, he will need to consider the following matters.(1) He must become authorised if his proposed insurance mediation activities include activities that do not fall within the table in PERG 5.13.4 G (for example, dealing as agent in pure protection contracts) and he wishes to carry on these activities. The Act does not permit any person to be exempt for some activities

COND 2.3.1AUK01/04/2014

(1) 6A must be capable of being effectively supervised by the FCA having regard to all the circumstances including-(a) the nature (including the complexity) of the regulated activities that A carries on or seeks to carry on;(b) the complexity of any products that A provides or will provide in carrying on those activities;(c) the way in which A’s business is organised;(d) if A is a member of a group, whether membership of the group is likely to prevent the FCA’s effective supervision

COND 2.3.1BG01/04/2013

6Paragraph 2C of Schedule 6 to the Act sets out the effective supervision threshold condition for firms carrying on, or seeking to carry on, regulated activities which do not include a PRA-regulated activity.

COND 2.3.1CUK01/04/2013

(1) 6B must be capable of being effectively supervised by the FCA having regard to all the circumstances including-(a) the nature (including the complexity) of the regulated activities that B carries on or seeks to carry on;(b) the complexity of any products that B provides or will provide in carrying on those activities;(c) the way in which B’s business is organised;(d) if B is a member of a group, whether membership of the group is likely to prevent the FCA’s effective supervision

COND 2.3.1DG01/04/2013

6Paragraph 3B of Schedule 6 to the Act sets out the effective supervision threshold condition which is relevant to the discharge by the FCA of its functions under the Act in relation to firms carrying on, or seeking to carry on, regulated activities which include a PRA-regulated activity.

COND 2.3.1FG01/04/2013

6Firms carrying on, or seeking to carry on, a PRA-regulated activity, should note that the PRA is also responsible for assessing effective supervision under its own threshold conditions. Paragraphs 4F and 5F of Schedule 6 to the Act set out the effective supervision threshold conditions which are relevant to the discharge by the PRA of its functions under the Act in relation to firms carrying on, or seeking to carry on, a PRA-regulated activity. For the avoidance of doubt, this

COND 2.3.3G01/04/2013

In assessing the threshold conditions set out in paragraphs 2C and 3B of Schedule 6 to the Act6, factors which the FCA6 will take into consideration include, among other things, whether: 6(1) it is likely that the FCA6 will receive adequate information from the firm, and those persons with whom the firm has close links, to enable it to determine whether the firm is complying with the requirements and standards under the regulatory system for which the FCA is responsible6 and to

PERG 5.2.2G06/10/2007

Any person who carries on a regulated activity in the United Kingdom by way of business must either be an authorised person or exempt from the need for authorisation. Otherwise, the person commits a criminal offence and certain agreements may be unenforceable. PERG 2.2 (Authorisation and regulated activities) has further guidance on these consequences.2

PERG 5.2.4G01/07/2005

It is recognised pursuant to section 22 of the Act that a person will not be carrying on regulated activities in the first instance, including insurance mediation activities, unless he is carrying on these activities by way of business. Similarly, where a person's activities are excluded he cannot, by definition, be carrying on regulated activities. To this extent, the content of the questions above does not follow the scheme of the Act. For ease of navigation, however, the questions

PERG 5.2.6G01/07/2005

The United Kingdom's approach to implementing the IMD by domestic legislation is, in part, through secondary legislation, which will apply pre-existing regulated activities (slightly amended) in the Regulated Activities Order to the component elements of the insurance mediation definition in the IMD (see PERG 5.2.5 G and the text of article 2.3 IMD in PERG 5.16.2 G (article 2.3 of the Insurance Mediation Directive)).

PERG 5.2.7G01/07/2005

The effect of the IMD and its implementation described in PERG 5.2.5 G to PERG 5.2.6 G is to vary the application of the existing regulated activities set out in PERG 5.2.8G (1) to PERG 5.2.8G (3), PERG 5.2.8G (5) and PERG 5.2.8G (6), principally by applying these regulated activities to general insurance contracts and pure protection contracts and by making changes to the application of the various exclusions to these regulated activities. These regulated activities applied prior

PERG 5.2.8G01/07/2005

It follows that each of the regulated activities below potentially apply to any contract of insurance:(1) dealing in investments as agent (article 21 (Dealing in investments as agent));(2) arranging (bringing about) deals in investments (article 25(1) (Arranging deals in investments));(3) making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments (article 25(2) (Arranging deals in investments));(4) assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance

PERG 8.15.1G01/07/2005

Article 55 of the Financial Promotion Order contains a specific exemption for professional firms allowing them to make solicited or unsolicited real time financial promotions. This is provided the financial promotion is made:(1) by a person who carries on a regulated activity without needing authorisation under the Part XX exemption; and(2) to someone who has already (that is, before the financial promotion is made) engaged the person making the financial promotion to provide

PERG 8.15.2G01/07/2005

The article 55 exemption also requires that:(1) the financial promotion relates to an activity to which the Part XX exemption applies or which would be a regulated activity but for the exclusion in article 67 of the Regulated Activities Order (Activities carried on in the course of a profession or non-investment business) which concerns activities which are a necessary part of professional services; and(2) the activity to which the financial promotion relates would be undertaken

PERG 8.15.3G01/04/2013

The FCA considers that, to satisfy the condition in PERG 8.15.2G (2) that an activity be incidental to the provision of professional services, regulated activities cannot be a major part of the practice of the professional firm. The FCA also considers that the following further factors are relevant.(1) The scale of regulated activity in proportion to other professional services provided.(2) Whether and to what extent services that are regulated activities are held out as separate

PERG 8.15.4G01/07/2005

One of the effects of the requirements in PERG 8.15.2 G concerns financial promotions which relate to an activity which is not a regulated activity as the result of an exclusion in the Regulated Activities Order. In this case, a professional firm using the Part XX exemption cannot make a real time financial promotion relying on article 55 of the Financial Promotion Order unless the exclusion is provided by article 67 of the Regulated Activities Order. Neither can a professional

PERG 8.15.5G01/10/2005

Article 55A of the Financial Promotion Order exempts non-real time financial promotions where the financial promotion:1(1) is made by a person who carries on a regulated activity without needing authorisation under the Part XX exemption (referred to in PERG 8.15.6 G and PERG 8.15.7 G as ‘Part XX activities’); and(2) contains a specified statement and is limited in its content to the matters referred to in PERG 8.15.6 G.

PERG 8.15.7G01/04/2013

The article 55A exemption should enable professional firms to issue brochures, websites and other non-real time financial promotions without any need for approval by an authorised person. This is provided the financial promotion does not also contain an invitation or inducement relating to regulated activities other than those covered by the Part XX exemption. In this respect, it should be noted that, unlike article 55, the article 55A exemption does not extend to activities which

PERG 5.12.1G01/07/2005

Section 19 of the Act (The general prohibition) provides that the requirement to be authorised under the Act only applies in relation to regulated activities which are carried on 'in the United Kingdom'. In many cases, it will be quite straightforward to identify where an activity is carried on. But, when there is a cross-border element, for example because a customer is outside the United Kingdom or because some other element of the activity happens outside the United Kingdom,

PERG 5.12.2G01/07/2005

Even if a person concludes that he is not carrying on a regulated activity in the United Kingdom, he will need to ensure that he does not contravene other provisions of the Act that apply to unauthorised persons. These include the controls on financial promotion (section 21 (Financial promotion) of the Act) (see PERG 8 (Financial promotion and related activities)), and on giving the impression that a person is authorised (section 24 (False claims to be authorised or exempt)).

PERG 5.12.5G01/07/2005

Persons carrying on insurance mediation activities from a registered office or head office in the United Kingdom will clearly be carrying on regulated activities in the United Kingdom. However, a person may be considered to be carrying on regulated activities in the United Kingdom even where not carrying on the activity from a registered office or head office in the United Kingdom. This is explained further in PERG 5.12.6 G to PERG 5.12.8 G.

PERG 5.12.7G01/07/2005

Section 418 of the Act extends the meaning that 'carry on regulated activity in the United Kingdom' would normally have by setting out additional cases in which a person who would not otherwise be regarded as carrying on the activity in the United Kingdom is to be regarded as doing so. Each of the following cases thus amounts to carrying on a regulated activity in the United Kingdom:(1) where a UK-based person carries on a regulated activity in another EEA State in the exercise

PERG 5.12.9G01/07/2005

Article 72 of the Regulated Activities Order (Overseas persons) provides a potential exclusion for persons with no permanent place of business in the United Kingdom from which regulated activities are conducted or offers to conduct regulated activities are made. Where these persons carry on insurance mediation activities in the United Kingdom, they may be able to take advantage of the exclusions in article 72 of the Regulated Activities Order. In general terms, these apply where

PERG 5.12.12G01/04/2013

Non-UK-based persons wishing to carry on insurance mediation activities in the United Kingdom must:(1) qualify for authorisation by exercising passport rights (see section 31 (Authorised persons) and schedule 3 (EEA passport rights) to the Act and PERG 5.12.13 G to PERG 5.12.14 G (Passporting)); or(2) make use of the overseas persons exclusion (which then has the effect that activities are deemed not to be regulated activities carried on in the United Kingdom); or(3) seek Part

MIPRU 4.3.2R01/01/2007

'Annual income' is the annual income given in the firm's most recent annual financial statement from the relevant regulated activity or activities.

MIPRU 4.3.3R06/04/2007

For a firm which carries on insurance mediation activity or home finance mediation activity1, annual income is the amount of all brokerage, fees, commissions and other related income (for example, administration charges, overriders, profit shares) due to the firm in respect of or in relation to those activities.1

MIPRU 4.3.7R06/08/2008

For the purposes of the calculation of the capital resources of a firm carrying on home finance administration1only with all the assets it administers off balance sheet, annual income is the sum of:11(1) revenue (that is, commissions, fees, net interest income, dividends, royalties and rent); and(2) gains;(3) arising in the course of the ordinary activities of the firm, less profit:(a) on the sale or termination of an operation;(b) arising from a fundamental reorganisation or

PERG 2.6.4G01/07/2005

In addition, several separate exclusions focus on the identity of the person paying the money or the person receiving it (or both).(1) Payments by certain persons are excluded if they are made by specified persons (such as local authorities or national, or supranational, bodies) or by persons acting in the course of a business consisting wholly or partly of lending money.(2) Exclusions apply for sums paid between certain persons who are linked in a specified way (such as group

PERG 2.6.8G01/07/2005

Certain arrangements in relation to funeral plans are specifically excluded from being contracts of insurance if they would otherwise be so. The exclusion applies to arrangements that fall within the definition of a funeral plan contract (see PERG 2.6.26 G) as well as arrangements that are excluded from the regulated activity of entering as provider into funeral plan contracts (see PERG 2.8.14 G).

PERG 2.6.9G01/07/2005

Shares are defined in the Regulated Activities Order as shares or stock in a wide range of entities; that is, any body corporate wherever incorporated and unincorporated bodies formed under the law of a country other than the United Kingdom. They include deferred shares issued by building societies as well as transferable shares in industrial and provident societies, credit unions and equivalent EEA bodies. These shares are transferable and negotiable in a way similar to other

PERG 2.6.19CG08/06/2015

213(1) Rights under stakeholder pension schemes and personal pension schemes are specified investments for the purposes of the entire Regulated Activities Order.13(2) Rights or interests under a pension scheme which provides safeguarded benefits as defined by section 48(8) of the Pension Schemes Act 2015 are only specified investments for the purposes of article 53E (Advising on conversion or transfer of pension benefits) and not in relation to any other regulated activity.13(3)

PERG 2.6.19EG27/07/2012

9It relates only to the regulated activity of bidding in emissions auctions (whereby a bid is received, transmitted and submitted on an auction platform) and captures the two forms of allowance products that may be auctioned under article 4(2) of the auction regulation: a two-day spot or a five-day future.

PERG 2.6.28G06/04/2007

Rights to, or interests in, all the specified investments in PERG 2.6 (except rights to, or interests in, rights under a home finance transaction3) are themselves treated as specified investments. The effect is that, in most cases, an activity carried on in relation to rights or interests derived from any of those investments is also a regulated activity if the activity would be regulated if carried on in relation to the investment itself. The exception is where the rights or

SUP 15.3.7G01/04/2013

Principle 11 requires a firm to deal with its regulators in an open and cooperative way and to disclose to the appropriate regulator35appropriately anything relating to the firm of which the appropriate regulator35 would reasonably expect notice. Principle 11 applies to unregulated activities as well as regulated activities and takes into account the activities of other members of a group3535

SUP 15.3.8G01/11/2015

Compliance with Principle 11 includes, but is not limited to, giving the appropriate regulator35 notice of:35(1) any proposed restructuring, reorganisation or business expansion which could have a significant impact on the firm's risk profile or resources, including, but not limited to:(a) setting up a new undertaking within a firm'sgroup, or a new branch (whether in the United Kingdom or overseas); or (b) commencing the provision of cross border services into a new territory;

SUP 15.3.17R01/04/2013

A firm must notify the appropriate regulator35 immediately if one of the following events arises and the event is significant:35(1) it becomes aware that an employee may have committed a fraud against one of its customers; or(2) it becomes aware that a person, whether or not employed by it, may have committed a fraud against it; or(3) it considers that any person, whether or not employed by it, is acting with intent to commit a fraud against it; or(4) it identifies irregularities

SUP 15.3.22D01/04/2013

3SUP 15.3.23 D to SUP 15.3.25 D are given in relation to the exercise of the powers of the Society and of the Council generally, with a view to achieving the objective of enabling the appropriate regulator35to:35(1) comply with its general duty under section 314 of the Act (Regulators’35 general duty);35(2) determine whether underwriting agents, or approved persons acting for them or on their behalf, are complying with the requirements imposed on them by or under the Act;(3) enforce

SUP 15.3.23D01/04/2013

3The Society must immediately inform the appropriate regulator35 in writing if it becomes aware that any matter likely to be of material concern to the appropriate regulator35 may have arisen in relation to:(1) the regulated activities for which the Society has permission; or (2) underwriting agents; or (3) approved persons or individuals acting for or on behalf of underwriting agents.

SUP 15.3.25D01/04/2013

3The Society must inform the appropriate regulator35 if it commences investigations or disciplinary proceedings which do not fall within the scope of SUP 15.3.24 D but which:35(1) involve an underwriting agent, or an approved person who carries out controlled functions for it or on its behalf; or (2) may indicate that an individual acting for or on behalf of an underwriting agent may not be a fit and proper person to perform functions in relation to regulated activities.

SUP 10A.3.1R01/04/2013

A function is an FCA controlled function only to the extent that it is performed under an arrangement entered into by:(1) a firm; or(2) a contractor of the firm;in relation to the carrying on by the firm of a regulated activity.

SUP 10A.3.2G01/04/2013

Sections 59(1) and (2) of the Act provide that approval is necessary in respect of an FCA controlled function which is performed under an arrangement entered into by a firm, or its contractor (typically an appointed representative), in relation to a regulated activity.

SUP 10A.3.5G01/04/2013

The arrangement must be “in relation to” the carrying on of a regulated activity. Regulated activities are defined in the Glossary by reference to the Regulated Activities Order. This order prescribes the activities which are regulated activities for the purposes of the Act.

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