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Section 86
SCHEDULE 3E+W+SRestricted information held by the Regulator: certain permitted disclosures to facilitate exercise of functions
This schedule has no associated Explanatory Notes
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 in force at 6.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7
| Persons | Functions |
|---|---|
| The Secretary of State. | Functions under— (a) Part 14 of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6), (b) the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45), (c) Part 3 of the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40), (d) Part 1 of the Export and Investment Guarantees Act 1991 (c. 67) (apart from sections 5 and 6), (e) Part 3 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), (f) Part 5 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50), (g) the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8), or (h) this Act, and functions of co-operating with overseas government authorities and bodies in relation to criminal matters. |
| The Bank of England. | Any of its functions. |
| The Financial Services Authority. | Functions under— (a) the legislation relating to friendly societies, (b) the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53), or (c) the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8). |
| [F1The Charity Commission. | Functions under the Charities Act 1993 (c. 10) or the Charities Act 2006.] |
| The Pensions Regulator Tribunal. | Any of its functions. |
| The Pensions Ombudsman. | Functions under— (a) the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), or (b) the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49). |
| The Ombudsman for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund. | Any of his functions. |
| The Comptroller and Auditor General. | Any of his functions. |
| The Auditor General for Wales. | Any of his functions. |
| The Auditor General for Scotland. | Any of his functions. |
| The Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland. | Any of his functions. |
| The Commissioners of Inland Revenue or their officers. | Functions under— (a) the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), (b) the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), (c) Part 3 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, (d) Part 3 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993, F2... (f) the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (so far as relating to functions previously exercised under the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988).] [F5or] (g) [F6Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12).] |
| The Commissioners of Customs and Excise. | Functions under any enactment. |
| The Official Receiver or, in Northern Ireland, the Official Receiver for Northern Ireland. | Functions under the enactments relating to insolvency. |
| An inspector appointed by the Secretary of State. | Functions under Part 14 of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6). |
A person authorised to exercise powers under— (a) section 447 of the Companies Act 1985, (b) Article 440 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6)), or (c) section 84 of the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40). | Functions under those sections or that Article. |
A person appointed under— (a) section 167 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8), (b) subsection (3) or (5) of section 168 of that Act, or (c) section 284 of that Act, to conduct an investigation. | Functions in relation to that investigation. |
| A body designated under section 326(1) of that Act. | Functions in its capacity as a body designated under that section. |
| A recognised investment exchange or a recognised clearing house (as defined by section 285 of that Act). | Functions in its capacity as an exchange or clearing house recognised under that Act. |
| A body corporate established in accordance with section 212(1) of that Act. | Functions under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, established in accordance with section 213 of that Act. |
| The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. | Functions under the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers and the Rules Governing Substantial Acquisitions of Shares for the time being issued by the Panel. |
| The General Insurance Standards Council. | Functions of regulating sales and advisory and service standards in relation to insurance. |
| A recognised professional body (within the meaning of section 391 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)). | Functions in its capacity as such a body under that Act. |
| A person on whom functions are conferred by or under Part 2, 3 or 4 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29). | The functions so conferred. |
| The Counter Fraud and Security Management Service established under the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3039). | Any of its functions. |
| The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland. | Functions under— (a) Part 15 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6)), (b) the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)), or (c) Part 2 of the Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1504 (N.I. 10)). |
| The Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland. | Functions under Part 3 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49). |
| An Inspector appointed by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland. | Functions under Part 15 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986. |
| A recognised professional body within the meaning of Article 350 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989. | Functions in its capacity as such a body under that Order. |
| F7. . . | F7. . . |
| [F8Any body carrying on activities concerned with any of the matters set out in section 16(2) of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c.27) or Article 16(2) of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1967 (N.I.17)) (a “relevant body”), any subsidiary (within the meaning given by section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 (c.6) or Article 4 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I.6)) of a relevant body and any body established under the constitution of a relevant body or such a subsidiary. | Its functions relating to carrying on activities concerned with any of the following matters— (a) issuing standards to be applied in actuarial work, (b) issuing standards in respect of matters to be contained in reports or other communications required to be produced or made by actuaries or in accordance with standards within paragraph (a), (c) investigating departures from standards within paragraph (a) or (b), (d) taking steps to secure compliance with standards within paragraph (a) or (b), (e) carrying out investigations into public interest cases arising in connection with the performance of actuarial functions by members of the Institute of Actuaries or, in Scotland, the Faculty of Actuaries (“the Institute or Faculty”) or persons who, although not members of the Institute or Faculty, are subject to the rules of one of these bodies in performing actuarial functions (“members”), (f) holding disciplinary hearings relating to members following the conclusion of investigations within paragraph (e), (g) deciding whether (and, if so, what) disciplinary action should be taken against members to whom hearings within paragraph (f) related, (h) supervising the exercise by the Institute or Faculty of: (i) investigatory or disciplinary functions exercised by the Institute or Faculty in relation to the performance by their members of actuarial functions, (ii) the setting by the Institute or Faculty of standards in relation to the performance by their members of actuarial functions, and (iii) the determining by the Institute or Faculty of requirements in relation to the education and training of their members, (i) overseeing or directing any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (h), and functions relating to the funding of activities concerned with any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (i). Any functions in connection with any levy payable to it under section 17 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004. |
| A member of the panel appointed under paragraph 4 of Schedule 17 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c.8) by the body corporate established by paragraph 2 of that Schedule. | Functions under— (a) Part 3 (the compulsory jurisdiction), (b) Part 3A (the consumer credit jurisdiction), and (c) Part 4 (the voluntary jurisdiction) of that Schedule to that Act. |
| The Gambling Commission. | Functions under— (a) the Gaming Act 1968 (c.65), (b) the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c.32), and (c) the Gambling Act 2005 (c.19).] |
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 entry substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 206; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F2Word in Sch. 3 repealed (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 658(a), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)
F3Word in Sch. 3 omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/745), arts. 1, 18(2)(a)
F4Words in Sch. 3 inserted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 658(b) (with Sch. 2)
F5Word in Sch. 3 inserted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/745), arts. 1, 18(2)(b)
F6Words in Sch. 3 added (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/745), arts. 1, 18(2)(c)
F7Sch. 3 entry omitted (7.12.2006) by virtue of The Pensions Act 2004 (Disclosure of Restricted Information) (Amendment of Specified Persons) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2937), arts. 1, 2(a)
F8Words in Sch. 3 added (7.12.2006) by The Pensions Act 2004 (Disclosure of Restricted Information) (Amendment of Specified Persons) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2937), arts. 1, 2(b)
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