{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-55NB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-55NB.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/55NB",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55NB",
  "heading": "Section 55NA: power to provide for exemptions",
  "text": "(1) The Treasury may by regulations provide for exemptions from the requirement imposed by section 55NA(1) not to give approvals for the purposes of section 21 without permission.\n(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may provide for an exemption to have effect—\n(a) in respect of specified persons;\n(b) in respect of persons falling within a specified class;\n(c) in respect of approval given in relation to activities of a specified description;\n(d) only in specified circumstances;\n(e) subject to specified conditions.\n(3) In this section “specified” means specified in regulations under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4A substituted for ss. 40-55 (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 11(2), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(b)(c), Sch. Pts. 2, 3; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 55NA, 55NB inserted (29.6.2023 for specified purposes, 6.9.2023 for specified purposes, 6.11.2023 for specified purposes, 7.2.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), ss. 20(3), 86(1)(c) (with s. 20(5)); S.I. 2023/936, reg. 2(1)(a)(b)(2)(a)(iii)(3)(4) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/section/55NB",
    "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."
}