(1) The appropriate regulator must consult any appropriate home state regulator before making a determination under section 185 and, in doing so, must comply with such requirements as to consultation as may be prescribed.
(2) Where the appropriate regulator makes a determination under section 185, it must indicate any views or reservations received from any home state regulator it consults in accordance with subsection (1).
(3) The appropriate regulator must cooperate with any equivalent consultation in relation to a UK authorised person by the home state regulator of an EEA firm.
(4) In order to comply with an obligation under subsection (1) or (3), the appropriate regulator must provide the regulator with -
(a) any relevant information that it requests; and
(b) any information that the appropriate regulator considers that it needs.