Financial Services Act 2012

Resource type: Practice note: overview

Status: Maintained

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

An overview of the Financial Services Act 2012 (FS Act), the primary legislation enabling the government's reforms of the UK financial services regulatory structure. It also includes links to relevant PLC Financial Services content relating to individual provisions in the FS Act.

For information on the parliamentary progress of the FS Act, see Legislation tracker: Financial Services Act 2012.

This note is part of a series of notes relating to the new UK financial services regulatory structure. For more information, see Practice note, A guide to the new UK financial services regulatory structure: index.

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Resource ID: 0-504-4659
Products: PLC UK Corporate, PLC UK Finance, PLC UK Financial Services, PLC UK Law Department
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Practice note: overview

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Bank of England regulation of FMIs Bank of England regulation of FMIs (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic4-504-8896)
Co-ordination between FCA, PRA and BoE Co-ordination between FCA, PRA and BoE (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic2-504-5441)
FCA and PRA regulatory principles FCA and PRA regulatory principles (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic8-504-8861)
FCA and PRA rule-making powers FCA and PRA rule-making powers (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic7-518-2039)
FCA statutory objectives FCA statutory objectives (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic6-518-2285)
FCA super-complaints and mass detriment references FCA super-complaints and mass detriment references (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic7-520-5173)
FCA, PRA and BoE powers over unregulated holding companies FCA, PRA and BoE powers over unregulated holding companies (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic4-522-1792)
FCA: role, governance and powers FCA: role, governance and powers (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic6-504-5439)
Financial crisis management arrangements Financial crisis management arrangements (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic8-504-5141)
FPC: role, governance and powers FPC: role, governance and powers (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic2-504-5436)
Inquiries and investigations into regulatory failure Inquiries and investigations into regulatory failure (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic3-523-4988)
Legislation tracker: Financial Services Act 2012 Legislation tracker: Financial Services Act 2012 (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic4-504-4657)
New UK regulatory structure: how the reforms have developed New UK regulatory structure: how the reforms have developed (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic8-503-6293)
PRA: role, governance and powers PRA: role, governance and powers (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic0-504-5437)
Registration and regulation of mutuals Registration and regulation of mutuals (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic2-517-9992)
Scope of PRA regulation Scope of PRA regulation (http://publicsector.practicallaw.com/topic0-504-5791)

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