{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-small-and-medium-sized-business-finance-platforms-regulations-2015/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-small-and-medium-sized-business-finance-platforms-regulations-2015/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111138939",
  "legislation_title": "The Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-small-and-medium-sized-business-finance-platforms-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Consultation before designation of a finance platform",
  "text": "(1) Before designating a finance platform or revoking the designation of a finance platform, the Treasury may consult—\n(a) the company incorporated as a private company limited by shares on 18th July 2013 with the company number 08616013 and re-registered as a public company limited by shares on 29th October 2013 with the name British Business Bank plc;\n(b) a subsidiary of the company referred to in sub-paragraph (a); or\n(c) any other person they consider appropriate.\n(2) In considering whether to designate a finance platform or to revoke the designation of a finance platform, the Treasury may rely on advice or information provided in response to consultation under paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111138939/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:09:19.612347+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}