Article 7 Verification of continued rules

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 7(1) words substituted by Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2013 Sch. 2 para. 44(a)(i)
art. 7(2) words substituted by Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2013 Sch. 2 para. 44(a)(ii)(aa)
art. 7(2) words substituted by Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2013 Sch. 2 para. 44(a)(ii)(bb)
art. 7(3) words substituted by Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2013 Sch. 2 para. 44(a)(iii)
art. 7(6) words substituted by Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2013 Sch. 2 para. 44(a)(iv)

(1)

This article applies to continued rules instead of section 154 (verification of rules).

(2)

The production of a printed copy of a designation instrument or a continued rule purporting to be made by the Authority on which is endorsed a certificate which—

(a)

is signed by a member of the Authority’s staff authorised by it for that purpose; and

(b)

contains the required statement or statements,

is evidence (or in Scotland sufficient evidence) of the facts stated in the certificate.

(3)

The required statements in relation to a copy of a designation instrument are—

(a)

that the instrument was made by the Authority;

(b)

that the copy is a true copy of the instrument; and

(c)

that on a specified date the instrument was published in accordance with article 4.

(4)

The required statement in relation to a copy of a continued rule is that the text set out in the document is a continued rule within the meaning of article 2.

(5)

A certificate purporting to be signed as mentioned in paragraph (2) is to be taken to have been properly signed unless the contrary is shown.

(6)

A person who wishes in any legal proceedings to rely on a designation instrument or on a continued rule may require the Authority to endorse a copy of that instrument or rule with a certificate of the kind mentioned in paragraph (2).