# Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Section 234B: Transfers of liability


(1) This section applies where a person (the “successor”) has assumed a liability (including a contingent one) of a person (the “predecessor”) who was, or (apart from this section) would have been, the respondent in respect of a complaint falling to be dealt with under the ombudsman scheme.
(2) The complaint may (but need not) be dealt with under this Part as if the successor were the respondent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/section/234B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-234B
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