Amendments proposed to the Financial Services and Markets Bill, As Amended - continued House of Commons

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Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     14,     line     36     [Clause     33],     leave out 'Part XVI qualifier' and insert 'person authorised as a result of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     14,     line     37     [Clause     33],     leave out from 'to' to end of line 38 and insert 'be a person so authorised'.


   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     15,     line     5     [Clause     34],     leave out 'persons for the purposes of section 17' and insert 'from the general prohibition'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     15,     line     6     [Clause     34],     leave out from second 'person' to end of line 7 and insert 'as a result of an exemption order if he has a Part IV permission'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Francis Maude [R]
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight [R]
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Tim Loughton [R]

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Page     15,     line     14     [Clause     34],     at end insert—

    '(5) No exemption order to which subsection (7) applies may be made unlesss a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.

    (6) An exemption order to which subsection (7) does not apply shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

    (7) This subsection applies to an exemption order which:

      (a) is the first order to be made under this section in respect of a particular person; or

      (b) varies an order previously made so as to vary or remove an exemption.'

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     15,     line     15     [Clause     35],     after 'person' insert '(other than an authorised person)'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     15,     line     24     [Clause     35],     leave out 'an exempt person' and insert 'exempt from the general prohibition'.


   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     16,     line     10     [Clause     36],     after 'may' insert 'not'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     16,     line     11     [Clause     36],     leave out 'does not have' and insert 'has'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     16,     line     14     [Clause     36],     at end insert—

    '(2A) An EEA firm may not apply for permission under this section to carry on a regulated activity which it is, or would be, entitled to carry on in exercise of an EEA right, whether through a United Kingdom branch or by providing services in the United Kingdom.'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     16,     line     22     [Clause     37],     at end insert—

    '( ) If the applicant—

      (a) in relation to a particular regulated activity, is exempt from the general prohibition as a result of section 35(1) or an order made under section 34(1), but

      (b) has applied for permission in relation to another regulated activity,

    the application is to be treated as relating to all the regulated activities which, if permission is given, he will carry on.

    ( ) If the applicant—

      (a) in relation to a particluar regulated activity, is exempt from the general prohibition as a result of section 260(2) or (3), but

      (b) has applied for permission in relation to another regulated activity,

    the application is to be treated as relating only to that other regulated activity.'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     16,     line     23     [Clause     37],     leave out subsection (3).

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     16,     line     38     [Clause     38],     leave out from 'include' to end of line 40 and insert 'such requirements as the Authority considers appropriate.'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     16,     line     41     [Clause     38],     leave out subsection (2).


   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     17,     line     20     [Clause     39],     leave out subsection (2).

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Francis Maude [R]
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight [R]
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Tim Loughton [R]

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Page     17,     line     27     [Clause     39],     after 'it', insert 'after receiving representations'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     17,     line     31     [Clause     39],     at end insert—

    '( ) If, as a result of a variation of a Part IV permission under this section, there are no longer any regulated activities for which the authorised person concerned has permission, the Authority must, once it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary to keep the permission in force, cancel it.'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     17,     line     32     [Clause     39],     after 'permission' insert 'under this section'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Francis Maude [R]
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight [R]
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Tim Loughton [R]

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Page     17,     line     35     [Clause     39],     at end insert—

    '(6) In this section "consumers" has the same meaning as in section 9.'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     17,     line     36     [Clause     40],     leave out from 'vary' to 'in' and insert 'a Part IV permission in any of the ways mentioned in section 39(1) or cancel it'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     17,     line     39     [Clause     40],     leave out from 'that' to 'in', in line 40, and insert 'the authorised person is failing, or is likely to fail, to satisfy the threshold conditions'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     17,     line     41     [Clause     40],     leave out 'the authorised person concerned' and insert 'he'.


   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     18,     line     3     [Clause     40],     leave out from beginning to end of line 7.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     18,     line     14     [Clause     40],     leave out from beginning to end of line 24.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     18,     line     25     [Clause     40],     leave out subsection (2).

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     18,     line     29     [Clause     40],     leave out subsection (3).

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     18,     line     32     [Clause     40],     at end insert—

    '( ) If, as a result of a variation of a Part IV permission under this section, there are no longer any regulated activities for which the authorised person concerned has permission, the Authority must, once it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary to keep the permission in force, cancel it.'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     18,     line     35     [Clause     40],     leave out 'Part IV'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     18,     line     37     [Clause     40],     leave out subsection (5).

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     18,     line     42     [Clause     41],     leave out 'as mentioned in section 150'.


   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     19,     line     7     [Clause     41],     at end insert—

    '( ) Any reference to a person having acquired control is to be read in accordance with Part XI.'.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     19,     line     25     [Clause     42],     leave out from 'any' to 'may', in line 26, and insert 'case in which the Authority does not consider that the exercise of its own-initiative power is necessary in order to comply with a Community obligation, it'


   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Page     20,     line     1     [Clause     43],     leave out from 'Authority' to end of line 12 and insert—

      '(a) on giving a person a Part IV permission, imposes an assets requirement on him; or

      (b) varies an authorised person's Part IV permission so as to alter an assets requirement imposed on him or impose such a requirement on him.

    (1A) A person on whom an assets requirement is imposed is referred to in this section as "A".

    (1B) "Assets requirement" means a requirement under section 38—

      (a) prohibiting the disposal of, or other dealing with, any of A's assets (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) or restricting such disposals or dealings; or

      (b) that all or any of A's assets, or all or any assets belonging to consumers but held by A or to his order, must be transferred to and held by a trustee approved by the Authority.'.

   

Mr William Hague
Mr Francis Maude [R]
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight [R]
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Tim Loughton [R]

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Page     20,     line     8     [Clause     43],     after 'by', insert 'A'.

 
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