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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-2012/schedule-12/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/21",
  "legislation_title": "Financial Services Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 167 (appointment of investigator in general cases) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), for “the Authority or the Secretary of State (“the investigating authority”)” substitute “ an investigating authority ”.\n(3) After subsection (5) insert—\n“(5A) Investigating authority” means—\n(a) in relation to a recognised investment exchange, the Secretary of State or the FCA;\n(b) in relation to an authorised person or former authorised person, the FCA or the PRA;\n(c) in relation to an appointed representative or former appointed representative, the FCA or the PRA.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 7 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
}