{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-252",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-252.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/8",
  "legislation_title": "Financial Services and Markets Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000",
  "path": "section/252",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "252",
  "heading": "Procedure when refusing approval of a proposal under section 251.",
  "text": "(1) If the FCA proposes to refuse approval of a proposal under section 251 to replace the trustee or manager of an authorised unit trust scheme, it must give a warning notice to the person by whom notice of the proposal was given under section 251(1) or (3).\n(2) If the FCA proposes to refuse approval of a proposal under section 251 to alter an authorised unit trust scheme it must give separate warning notices to the manager and the trustee of the scheme.\n(3) To be valid the warning notice must be received by that person before the end of one month beginning with the date on which notice of the proposal was given.\n(4) If, having given a warning notice to a person, the FCA decides to refuse approval—\n(a) it must give him a decision notice; and\n(b) he may refer the matter to the Tribunal.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in ss. 242-252A substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 18 para. 9(1)(2) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 252(1)(2) inserted (1.7.2011) by The Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1613), reg. 2(18)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 252 heading substituted (1.7.2011) by The Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1613), reg. 2(18)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 252 amended (temp. from 3.9.2001 to 1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2659, arts. 1(2), 3(7); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 252(3) modified (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3592, arts. 1(2), 40(3), 41(2) (with art. 23(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 252 wholly in force at 1.12.2001; s. 252 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 431(2); s. 252 in force for specified purposes at 3.9.2001 by S.I. 2001/2632, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2; s. 252 in force in so far as not already in force at 1.12.2001 by S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/section/252",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:21.899993+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."
}