{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-kingdom-internal-market-act-2020/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-kingdom-internal-market-act-2020/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/27",
  "legislation_title": "United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-kingdom-internal-market-act-2020",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Services: mutual recognition of authorisation requirements",
  "text": "(1) An authorisation requirement in relation to the provision of services in one part of the United Kingdom does not apply to a person who is authorised to provide those services in another part of the United Kingdom.\n(2) A person is authorised to provide services in a part of the United Kingdom if they have the permission of a regulator that exercises regulatory functions in relation to the whole of that part to carry on a business of providing those services in that part.\n(3) But, for the purposes of this section, a person is not to be treated as authorised to provide services in a part of the United Kingdom where the permission to provide those services only relates to their provision in relation to particular premises or to a particular place or piece of infrastructure.\n(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to an authorisation requirement to the extent it can reasonably be justified as a response to a public health emergency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 19 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1621, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/27/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:59:34.022847+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."
}