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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-2012-transitional-provisions-rules-and-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2013/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/161",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services Act 2012 (Transitional Provisions) (Rules and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-2012-transitional-provisions-rules-and-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Appointment of persons to discharge certain functions before the commencement date",
  "text": "(1) The Authority may appoint one or more persons to discharge a function to which this article applies.\n(2) An appointment must be made—\n(a) in writing; and\n(b) with the prior written approval of the Treasury.\n(3) The persons appointed may—\n(a) discharge functions to which this article applies as if they were the governing body of the FCA;\n(b) determine their own procedure, subject to the terms and conditions of their appointment.\n(4) The function of the Authority under paragraph (1) is to be treated as a function conferred on the Authority by or under FSMA 2000.\n(5) An appointment under this article terminates on the earlier of—\n(a) the commencement date; and\n(b) the date specified in the appointment (if any).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/161/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:06:06.810527+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."
}