PART 3Transitional provisions

CHAPTER 2Authorisation and regulation of 2006 Act authorised persons

Notice by the Regulator of proposed direction49

1

This article applies where the Regulator—

a

notified a relevant person under regulation 29(4) of the 2006 Regulations83 (directions of the Regulator about complaints handling and related matters) of a direction that the Regulator proposed to give under paragraph (3) of that regulation; and

b

on 1st April 2019, has not given the proposed direction.

2

The Regulator’s notice is to be treated as written notice given by the FCA under section 55Y(4) of the 2000 Act, and for this purpose—

a

subsection (2) of that section does not apply to the notice;

b

the notice is taken to comply with subsection (5) of that section; and

c

the notice is to be read—

i

as if a reference to the Regulator were a reference to the FCA; and

ii

with any other necessary modifications.