{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001/article-39B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001/article-39B.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/544",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001",
  "path": "article/39B",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39B",
  "heading": "Claims management on behalf of an insurer etc.",
  "text": "(1) A person does not carry on an activity of the kind specified by article 39A if he acts in the course of carrying on the activity of—\n(a) expert appraisal;\n(b) loss adjusting on behalf of a relevant insurer; or\n(c) managing claims on behalf of a relevant insurer,\nand that activity is carried on in the course of carrying on any profession or business.\n(2) In this article—\n(a) “relevant insurer” means—\n(i) a person who has Part IV permission to carry on an activity of the kind specified by article 10;\n(ii) a person to whom the general prohibition does not apply by virtue of section 316(1)(a) of the Act (members of the Society of Lloyd's);\n(iii) ...;or\n(iv) a relevant reinsurer;\n(b) “relevant reinsurer” means a person whose main business consists of accepting risks ceded by—\n(i) a person falling within sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of the definition of “relevant insurer”; ...\n(ii) ...; or\n(iii) a person established outside the United Kingdom ... who carries on an activity of the kind specified by article 10 by way of business.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 Ch. 7A inserted (31.10.2004 for specified purposes, 14.1.2005 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1476), arts. 1(3), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 39B(2)(a)(iii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 49(4)(a) (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in art. 39B(2)(b)(i) omitted (10.12.2007) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Reinsurance Directive) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3254), arts. 1, 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 39B(2)(b)(ii)(iii) substituted for art. 39B(2)(b)(ii) (10.12.2007) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Reinsurance Directive) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3254), arts. 1, 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 39B(2)(b)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 49(4)(a) (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 39B(2)(b)(iii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 49(4)(c) (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/544/article/39B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:01:12.377334+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."
}