(1) An investment product intermediary is a restricted activity investment product intermediary for the purposes of this Act if-
(a) the only investment business service that the intermediary provides, or in relation to which the intermediary provides investment advice, is one or more of-
(i) receiving and transmitting orders for relevant collective investment scheme instruments, shares in a company that is listed on a stock exchange, bonds that are listed on a stock exchange, prize bonds, tracker bonds or personal retirement savings accounts within the meaning of the Pensions Act 1990, or
(ii) acting as a deposit agent or as a deposit broker,
and
(b) in the course of performing an activity of the kind specified in paragraph (a), the intermediary transmits orders only to an entity, or an entity of a class, specified in subsection (1A), and
(c) the intermediary does not hold clients' funds or securities in such a way as, in dealings with clients, to become indebted to those clients.
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