Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

This segment sets out the FCA’s and PRA’s core roles and duties, including their objectives, consultation arrangements, supervision duties, and coordination with the Treasury and each other.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
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About this statute

This segment sets out the FCA’s and PRA’s core roles and duties, including their objectives, consultation arrangements, supervision duties, and coordination with the Treasury and each other. This provision requires certain financial regulators and the Treasury to publish, lay before Parliament, consult, review, and report on specified documents and directions, and it keeps the general prohibition on carrying on regulated activities without authorisation or exemption. Some non-authorised persons acting under a written contract with an authorised person can be exempt from the general prohibition for the business their principal has accepted responsibility for. The provision lets the FCA and PRA handle authorisation, approval, and prohibition matters, including requests, notices, time limits, and consultation duties. This provision covers regulator notices, penalties for performing controlled functions without approval, policy statements, conduct rules, certificates, and temporary manager powers, and it also creates a ban on prohibited designated activities.