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2.1 Legal Background (effective from 1 December 2011)

Terms used in Part 2 of this Code have the meaning given to them in the introduction to this Code.

Under various supervisory enactments, the Central Bank is legally empowered to deal with matters concerning the competence of certain employees and controllers of supervised firms.

Part 2 of this Code is imposed under the enactments set out below:


Regulated firm

Legislative Provision

All regulated firms

Section 117 of the Central Bank Act 1989

Retail credit firms and home reversion firms

Section 33A(3), Central Bank Act, 1997

Investment firms

Regulation 34 of the European Communities (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2007

Insurance Intermediaries and
Reinsurance Intermediaries

Regulation 15, European Communities (Insurance Mediation) Regulations, 2005

Investment Intermediaries

Section 14(4)(a), Investment Intermediaries Act, 1995

Insurance Undertakings

Regulation 7(2)(e), European Communities (Life Assurance) Framework Regulations, 199

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