Regulation 2 InterpretationI1
United Kingdom
In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Immigration Act 2014;
“the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000f1;
“approved person” means a person in relation to whom the appropriate regulator (within the meaning of section 59(4) of the 2000 Act) has given its approval under section 59 of that Actf2;
“authorised person” has the meaning given in section 31(2) of the 2000 Actf3;
F1“current account authorised person” means an authorised person to whom—
- (a)
the prohibition in section 40 of the Act applies, or
- (b)
the requirements in section 40A, 40B or 40G of the Act apply;
- (a)
“disqualified person” has the meaning given in section 40(3)(b) of the Act;
“the FCA” means the Financial Conduct Authority;
“the PRA” means the Prudential Regulation Authority;
“regulated activity” means an activity which is a regulated activity for the purposes of the 2000 Act in accordance with section 22 of that Actf4;
F2“relevant requirement” means the prohibition imposed by section 40 of the Act, a requirement imposed by section 40A, 40B or 40G of the Act, or any prohibition or requirement imposed on persons other than the FCA by or under these Regulations;
“the Tribunal” has the meaning given in section 417(1) of the 2000 Actf5.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 2 substituted (30.10.2017) by The Immigration Act 2014 (Current Accounts) (Excluded Accounts and Notification Requirements) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1252), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)
- F2
Words in reg. 2 substituted (30.10.2017) by The Immigration Act 2014 (Current Accounts) (Excluded Accounts and Notification Requirements) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1252), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b)
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 2 in force at 12.12.2014, see reg. 1
Footnotes
- f1
- f2
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Section 59 is amended by section 14 of and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21), section 18 of and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c.33), S.I. 2012/1906 and S.I. 2013/1773.
- f3
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Section 31 is amended by section 11 of the Financial Services Act 2012.
- f4
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Section 22 is amended by section 7 of the Financial Services Act 2012.
- f5
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The definition was inserted by S.I. 2010/22. There are other amendments to section 417(1), but none is relevant here.