Article 59 Test to be applied by interim tribunalI1

Where the issues arising for determination in the incomplete disciplinary proceedings included the issue whether a person who was authorised under the Financial Services Act was a fit and proper person, the interim tribunal must consider instead whether that person is failing or is likely to fail to satisfy the threshold conditions (within the meaning of section 41(1)).

Where the issues arising for determination in the incomplete disciplinary proceedings included the issue whether a person was a fit and proper person to be employed in connection with investment business (within the meaning of the Financial Services Act) or investment business of a particular kind, the interim tribunal must consider instead whether that person is a fit and proper person to perform the functions in relation to the regulated activity corresponding to that investment business which he was performing before commencement.