SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14Amendments of Part 24 of FSMA 2000: insolvency

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1

Section 369 (insurers: service of petition etc. on Authority) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

for “the Authority” substitute “a regulator”, and

b

for “on the Authority” substitute “on the appropriate regulator”.

3

In subsection (2)—

a

for “the Authority” substitute “a regulator”, and

b

for “on the Authority” substitute “on the appropriate regulator”.

4

After that subsection insert—

3

The appropriate regulator” means—

a

in relation to a PRA-authorised person, the FCA and the PRA, and

b

in any other case, the FCA.

4

If either regulator—

a

presents a petition for the winding up of a PRA-authorised person with permission to effect or carry out contracts of insurance, or

b

applies to have a provisional liquidator appointed under section 135 of the 1986 Act (or Article 115 of the 1989 Order) in respect of a PRA-authorised person with permission to effect or carry out contracts of insurance,

that regulator must serve a copy of the petition or application (as the case requires) on the other regulator.

5

In the heading, for “Authority” substitute “FCA and PRA”.