{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-2012-transitional-provisions-permission-and-approval-order-2013/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-2012-transitional-provisions-permission-and-approval-order-2013/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/440",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services Act 2012 (Transitional Provisions) (Permission and Approval) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-2012-transitional-provisions-permission-and-approval-order-2013",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Firms qualifying for authorisation",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies if, before the commencement date—\n(a) an EEA firm satisfied the establishment conditions in paragraph 13 (establishment) of Schedule 3 (EEA passport rights) or the services conditions in paragraph 14(services) of that Schedule;\n(b) the EEA firm had not ceased to qualify for authorisation; and\n(c) the Authority had not given a direction under section 34 (EEA firms) cancelling the EEA firm’s authorisation.\n(2) Subject to section 34(1), the EEA firm is to be treated as qualifying for authorisation under Schedule 3 for the purpose of section 31 (authorised persons).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 15 in force at 1.4.2013, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“EEA firm” is defined by section 425 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to, FSMA 2000 an investment firm, a credit institution, a financial institution, certain types of insurance or reinsurance undertaking, an insurance intermediary, a UCITS management company or a person authorised under the emission allowance auctioning regulation. Section 425 was amended by S.I. 2003/2066, 2004/3379, 2006/2975, 2007/126 and 3253, 2012/1906. Paragraph 5 is amended by S.I. 2003/1473 and 2066, 2004/3379, 2006/3221, 2007/126 and 3253, 2011/1613 and 2012/1906"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 13 was amended by S.I. 2003/1473 and 2066, 20007/126 and 2012/1906 and is further amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph 14 was amended by S.I. 2003/1473 and 2066 and 20007/126 and is further amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 34 is amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, Part 3, paragraph 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 31 is amended by the 2012 Act, section 11."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/440/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:53.596216+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."
}