55A. Application for permission
(1) An application for permission to carry on one or more regulated activities may be made to the appropriate regulator by -
(a) an individual,
(c) a partnership, or
(d) an unincorporated association.
(2) "The appropriate regulator", in relation to an application under this section, means (subject to subsection (2B)) -
(a) the PRA, in a case where -
(i) the regulated activities to which the application relates consist of or include a PRA-regulated activity, or
(ii) the applicant is a PRA-authorised person otherwise than by virtue of a Part 4A permission;