(1) A UK firm which has exercised an EEA right, deriving from the Solvency 2 Directive, to establish a branch must not make a change falling within paragraph (2) with respect to the branch, unless -
(a) the firm has given a notice to the appropriate UK regulator stating the details of the proposed change at least one month before the change is effected; or
(b) if the change is occasioned by circumstances beyond the firm’s control, the firm has as soon as practicable (whether before or after the change) given a notice to the appropriate UK regulator stating the details of the change.
(2) A change falls within this paragraph if it is a change in any of the information which the UK firm was required to provide to the appropriate UK regulator by or under paragraph 19(2) of Schedule 3, other than a change in the relevant EEA details referred to in regulation 13.