UK Prudential Regulation Authority Policy Statement on its Approach to Rule Permissions and Waivers

The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement on its approach to rule permissions and waivers. The policy statement provides feedback to responses the PRA received to CP3/24 published in January. Appendix 1 contains the four responses received to the consultation paper and Appendix 2 contains the PRA's final statement of policy on the same topic. The statement of policy sets out the PRA's approach to the granting of rule permissions under section 138BA of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as inserted by FSMA 2023. The PRA explains that following the responses it received to its consultation it has made two amendments to the statement of policy: (i) what the PRA generally expects to include in a subject specific statement of policy; and (ii) that there may be exceptional circumstances where it may be appropriate to grant a s138BA FSMA permission for which it has not set out criteria despite the s138A FSMA statutory tests not being met. The PRA expects these changes to be beneficial to persons subject to PRA rules by making its policy on s138BA FSMA permissions clearer and more transparent. The statement of policy takes immediate effect on publication of this policy statement.

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