{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-22A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-22A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/13",
  "legislation_title": "Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008",
  "path": "section/22A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22A",
  "heading": "“Regulated person” and “regulated group”",
  "text": "(1) A person is a “regulated person” for the purposes of this Part if the Secretary of State is satisfied that—\n(a) the person carries on, or proposes to carry on, an activity, and\n(b) a qualifying regulator has a relevant function which is, or would be, exercisable in relation to the person in respect of the activity.\n(2) A group of persons is a “regulated group” for the purposes of this Part if the Secretary of State is satisfied that—\n(a) a member of the group carries on, or proposes to carry on, an activity, and\n(b) a qualifying regulator has a relevant function which is, or would be, exercisable in relation to the member in respect of the activity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 substituted (4.5.2016 for specified purposes, 1.10.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12), ss. 20(1), 44(1)(c); S.I. 2017/473, reg. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/13/section/22A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:57.307426+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."
}