"Notices of acquisitions of control over UK authorised persons
Obligation to notify the Authority: acquisitions of control
(1) A person who decides to acquire or increase control over a UK authorised person must give the Authority notice in writing before making the acquisition.
(2) For the purposes of calculations relating to this section, the holding of shares or voting power by a person ("A1") includes any shares or voting power held by another ("A2") if A1 and A2 are acting in concert.
(3) In this Part, a notice given under this section is a "section 178 notice" and a person giving notice is a "section 178 notice-giver".
Requirements for section 178 notices
(1) A section 178 notice must be in such form, include such information and be accompanied by such documents as the Authority may reasonably require.
(2) The Authority must publish a list of its requirements as to the form, information and accompanying documents for a section 178 notice.
(3) The Autho