21The provisions in SYSC should be read in conjunction with GEN 2.2.23 R to GEN 2.2.25 G. In particular:

1. (1)

   Provisions made by both the FCA and PRA may contain obligations for or references to FCA-authorised persons. GEN 2.2.23 R limits the application of those provisions so that the PRA will only apply them in respect of PRA-authorised persons and not to such FCA-authorised persons as are included within the provision.

2. (2)

   Provisions made by both the FCA and PRA may be applied by both regulators to PRA-authorised persons. Such provisions are applied by each regulator to the extent of its powers and regulatory responsibilities.

The purposes of SYSC are:

1. (1)

   to encourage firms' directors and senior managers to take appropriate practical responsibility for their firms' arrangements on matters likely to be of interest to the appropriate regulator because they impinge on the appropriate regulator's functions under the Act;

2. (2)

   to increase certainty by amplifying Principle 3, under which a firm must take reasonable care to organise and control its affairs responsibly and effectively, with adequate risk management systems;

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3. (3)

   to encourage firms to vest responsibility for effective and responsible organisation in specific directors and senior managers;1 and2

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4. (4)

   to create a common platform of organisational and systems and controls requirements for all firms.2

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5. (5)

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1The application of each of chapters SYSC 11 to 2SYSC 213 is set out in those chapters and in SYSC 1.4.1A R5.

5Apart from SYSC 12, SYSC 19A, , SYSC 20 and SYSC 21 which are disapplied by SYSC 1.4.1A R, the other chapters of SYSC 11 to SYSC 17 do not apply in relation to a firm's carrying on of auction regulation bidding because they only apply to an insurer. SYSC 18 provides guidance on the Public Interest Disclosure Act.