FEES 1.1 Application and Purpose
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FEES applies to all persons required to pay a fee or levy under a provision of the Handbook. The purpose of this chapter is to set out to whom the rules and guidance in FEES apply. 30
- (2)
FEES 2 (General Provisions) contains general provisions which may apply to any type of fee payer.30
- (3)
FEES 3 (Application, Notification and Vetting Fees) covers one-off fees payable on a particular event for example:33
30- (a)
33various application fees (including those in relation to authorisation, variation of Part 4A permission, registration as a CBTL firm, authorisation of a data reporting services provider,34listing and the Basel Capital Accord); and
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33fees relating to designated credit reference agencies, designated finance platforms and certain notifications and document vetting requests.
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- (4)
FEES 4 (Periodic fees) covers all periodic fees and transaction reporting fees. 30
- (5)
FEES 5 (Financial Ombudsman Service Funding) relates to FOS levies and case fees (in FEES 5.5B).30
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FEES 6 (Financial Services Compensation Scheme Funding) relates to the FSCS levy. 30
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15 FEES App 1 Annex 1 applies to all persons required to pay a fee or any other amount to the FCA under the Unauthorised Mutuals Registration Fees Rules, as made by the Fees (Unauthorised Mutual Societies Registration) Instrument 2002 (FSA 2002/4) and amended from time to time.
24 FEES 10 (Pensions guidance levy) relates to the pensions guidance levy.
25 FEES 11 (Pensions guidance providers’ levy) relates to the pensions guidance providers’ levy.
26 FEES 12 (FOS ADR Levy) relates to the FOS ADR levy.
36 FEES Appendix 2 (Office for professional body anti-money laundering supervision fees) applies to the following persons required to pay fees to the FCA:
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a person applying to become a professional body listed in Schedule 1 to the Money Laundering Regulations; and
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professional bodies listed in Schedule 1 to the Money Laundering Regulations.
36 FEES Appendix 3 (Fees payable by persons registered under the Money Laundering Regulations) applies to MLR persons registered with the FCA that are not authorised persons.
Application
This manual applies in the following way:
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(1)
FEES 1, 2 and 3 apply to the fee payers listed in column 1 of the Table of application, notification and vetting fees in FEES 3.2.7 R29.
1049- (a)
[deleted]10
10 - (b)
[deleted]10
10 - (c)
[deleted]10
10 - (d)
[deleted]10
10 - (e)
[deleted]10
- (f)
[deleted]10
10 - (g)
[deleted]10
10 - (h)
[deleted]10
10 - (i)
[deleted]10
10 - (j)
[deleted]10
10 - (k)
[deleted]10
10 - (l)
[deleted]10
10 - (m)
[deleted]10
10 - (n)
[deleted]10
4 - (o) 3345410
[deleted]10
- (p) 55410
[deleted]10
- (q) 6510
[deleted]10
- (r) 66510
[deleted]10
- (s)
[deleted]10
10
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(2)
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every firm (except an AIFM qualifier,18ICVC or UCITS qualifier);
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every authorised fund manager17 of an authorised unit trust or authorised contractual scheme;
171717 - (c)
- (d)
every person who, under the constitution or founding arrangements of a recognised scheme19, is responsible for the management of the property held for or within the scheme;
19 - (da)
- (e)
every designated professional body;
- (f)
every recognised body;
- (g)
under the Listing Rules every issuer of shares, depositary receipts and securitised derivatives;
- (h)
under the Listing Rules (LR) 7every sponsor;
7 - (i)
under the Disclosure Guidance31 and Transparency Rules (DTR)7 every issuer of shares, depositary receipts and securitised derivatives;7
14 - (j)
- (k)
every fee-paying electronic money issuer;1412
1420 - (l)
14every issuer of a regulated covered bond;20
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20every AIFM applying to become a small registered UK AIFM and every small registered UK AIFM;22
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21every AIFM notifying the FCA under regulation 57, 58 and 59 of the AIFMD UK regulation and every AIFM which has made such a notification;35
22 - (o)
[deleted]35
22 - (p)
a data reporting services provider (FEES 4 does not apply to an incoming data reporting services provider).35
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(3)
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every firm (except to the extent it is bidding in emissions auctions),16fee-paying payment service provider and fee-paying electronic money issuer12 which is subject to the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service; and
- (b)
every other person who is subject to the Compulsory Jurisdiction in relation to relevant complaints.
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(4)
- (a)
every participant firm;11
8 - (b)
the FSCS; and
- (c)
the Society.
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(5)
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every person having a Part 4A permission;
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- (c)
- (d)
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every fee-paying payment service provider except the Bank of England, government departments and local authorities;12
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every fee-paying electronic money issuer except the Bank of England, government departments, local authorities, municipal banks and the National Savings Bank.12
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(6)
15FEES App 1 Annex 1 applies to every:
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- (b)
sponsoring body; or
- (c)
person who submits a proposal for the registration of a registered society;
each as defined in FEES Appendix 1.
FEES 1 , 2 and 7 do not apply to an incoming EEA firm or an incoming Treaty firm that has not established a branch in the United Kingdom.9
The application statement at FEES 1.1.2R (3) does not apply to
29 FEES 1 and 11 apply to a designated guidance provider.
The application of FEES 5.5A and FEES 5 Annex 3R is set out in FEES 5.5A.1 R. 1351 The relevant provisions of FEES 5 and FEES 2 are applied to VJ participants by the standard terms (see DISP 4).