Authorised and exempted persons under the Financial Services Act 1986 and European investment firms

15.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the acceptance of a deposit by a person who is an authorised person under the Financial Services Act 1986(1), a European investment firm carrying on home-regulated investment business in the United Kingdom or an exempted person under the Financial Services Act 1986 (in this regulation called “an authorised person”, “a European investment firm” and “an exempted person” respectively) is an exempt transaction if the deposit is accepted in the course of or for the purpose of engaging in any dealing activity with or on behalf of the person by whom or on whose behalf the deposit is made or any service activity on behalf of that person.

(2) Paragraph (1) above applies to an authorised person only if the activity is one in which he may engage without contravening any rules (made by the appropriate authority or a recognised organisation) of the kind described in section 48(2)(a) and (b) of the Financial Services Act 1986 (rules as to the type of business carried on or the persons in relation to whom business is carried on) or any prohibition of the kind described in section 65(2) of that Act.

(3) Paragraph (1) above applies to a European investment firm only if the activity is one in which it may engage without contravening any prohibition of the kind described in section 65 of the Financial Services Act 1986 or in regulations 9 and 10 of the Investment Services Regulations 1995.

(4) Paragraph (1) above applies to an exempted person only if the activity is one in respect of which he is exempt under the Financial Services Act 1986.

(5) In this regulation—

(a)“appropriate authority” means the Treasury(3) or a designated agency within the meaning of section 114(3) of the Financial Services Act 1986;

(b)“dealing activity” means an activity falling within paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to that Act, construed without reference to Parts III and IV of that Schedule;

(c)“recognised organisation” means a body which is a recognised professional body or a recognised self-regulating organisation within the meaning of section 207(1) of that Act and references to rules made by a recognised organisation include rules (whether or not laid down by the organisation itself) which the organisation has power to enforce; and

(d)“service activity” means an activity falling within paragraph 13, 14 or 16 of Schedule 1 to that Act, construed without reference to Parts III and IV of that Schedule.