Section 38: Exemption orders.

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 · 2000 c. 8View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: Authorisation and Exemption

The Treasury may by order ("an exemption order") provide for—

specified persons, or
persons falling within a specified class,

to be exempt from the general prohibition.

But a person cannot be an exempt person as a result of an exemption order if he has a Part 4A permission.

An exemption order may provide for an exemption to have effect—

in respect of all regulated activities;
in respect of one or more specified regulated activities;
only in specified circumstances;
only in relation to specified functions;
subject to conditions.

"Specified" means specified by the exemption order.

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