Paragraph 5 Control over payment institutionsC1
Part 12 of the 2000 Act (control over authorised persons) M1 applies with the following modifications—
references to a UK authorised person are to be read as references to an authorised payment institution or small payment institution other than one included in the register pursuant to regulation 153(1) (transitional provisions);
section 178 (obligation to notify the appropriate regulator) is to be read as if for subsection (2A) there were substituted—
“(2A)In this Part, “the appropriate regulator” means the FCA.”;
section 187(2)(b) (approval with conditions) is to be read as if “section 187A(3)(b) or” were omitted;
section 187A (assessment: consultation by PRA with FCA) is to be disregarded;
section 187C (variation etc of conditions) is to be read as if subsection (1) were omitted;
section 188(1), (2) and (3) (assessment: consultation with EC competent authorities) are to be read as if after “home state regulator” there were inserted “ or home state competent authority ”;
section 191A (objection by the appropriate regulator) is to be read as if subsection (4A) were omitted;
section 191B (restriction notices) is to be read as if—
subsection (2A) were omitted;
after subsection (2B) there were inserted—
“(2C)In a restriction notice, the FCA must direct that voting power to which the notice relates is, until further notice, not to be exercisable.”;
for subsection (3)(b) there were substituted—
“(b)voting power that has been exercised as a result of the acquisition is void;”;
section 191C (orders for sale of shares) is to be read as if subsection (2A) were omitted;
section 191D (obligation to notify the appropriate regulator: dispositions of control) is to be read as if subsection (1A) were omitted;
section 191F (offences) is to be read as if in subsections (8)(a) and (9)(a), for “to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum” there were substituted in each case “ to a fine, which in Scotland or Northern Ireland may not exceed the statutory maximum ”;
section 191G (interpretation) is to be read as if, in subsection (1), the definition of “UK authorised person” were omitted; and
section 192 (power to change definitions of control etc) is to be disregarded.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
Part 12 was amended by section 26 of the Financial Services Act 2012 and paragraphs 38 to 40 of Schedule 2 to the Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016, and by S.I. 2009/534, 2011/1043 and 1613, 2013/3115, 2014/3329, 2015/534, 575 and 1755 and 2016/1239.
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 6 para. 5 excluded (20.11.2018) by The Electronic Money, Payment Services and Payment Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1201), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 19(1)(f) (with reg. 4)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
Regulations revoked (14.12.2023 for the revocation of reg. 158) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with s. 1(4)); S.I. 2023/1382, reg. 2(c)(xix)