PART 2Competent Authorities and ADR Entities

F1Fees payable to the Financial Conduct Authority15A

1

The functions of the FCA under these Regulations are to be treated for the purposes of paragraph 23 of Schedule 1ZA to the 2000 Act (fees) as qualifying functions conferred on the FCA under that Act with the following modifications—

a

rules made under paragraph 23 by virtue of this regulation may not provide for payment of fees by any person other than the scheme operator as defined in section 225(2) of the 2000 Act (the ombudsman scheme);

b

rules made under paragraph 23 by virtue of this regulation are not to be treated as regulating provisions for the purposes of Chapter 4 of Part 9A of the 2000 Act (competition scrutiny);

c

in relation to the first rules made under paragraph 23 by virtue of this regulation, section 1381 of the 2000 Act (consultation by the FCA) does not apply.

2

In this regulation—

  • “the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

  • “the FCA” means the Financial Conduct Authority as defined in section 1A of the 2000 Act (the regulators).