# The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Claims Management Activity) Order 2018, Article 40: Meaning of “relevant person”


(1) In this Chapter “relevant person” means a person who—
(a) immediately before 1st April 2019, was a 2006 Act authorised person; and
(b) on 1st April 2019, is treated, by virtue of article 80(5), as having a Part 4A permission to carry on a regulated claims management activity.
(2) Where the conditions set out in paragraph (3) are met, the reference in paragraph (1)(a) to a 2006 Act authorised person includes a person (“P”) who received from the Regulator written notice given under regulation 47 of the 2006 Regulations of a decision to cancel P’s authorisation (“the cancellation decision”).
(3) The conditions are that the cancellation decision had effect before 1st April 2019, and—
(a) where, before 1st April 2019, P submitted notice of an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal under section 13 of the 2006 Act with respect to the cancellation decision, the appeal—
(i) has not been determined; or
(ii) has been determined by a remittal of the cancellation decision to the Regulator under section 13(3)(e) of the 2006 Act but a further decision by the Regulator in relation to the cancellation decision has not been taken; or
(b) where, before 1st April 2019, P did not submit such notice of appeal, the period within which an appeal may be made has not ended on that date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111172964/article/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-claims-management-activity-order-2018/article-40
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