Purpose

SRA Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules 2001 forms part of Edition 3 of the Handbook, which came into effect on 18 April 2012.

Rule 1: Purpose

1.1

The Law Society is a designated professional body under Part XX of FSMA, and firms may therefore carry on certain regulated activities without being regulated by the FSA.

1.2

The SRA Financial Services (Scope) Rules 2001 set out the scope of the regulated activities which may be undertaken by firms which are not regulated by the FSA. These rules regulate the way in which firms carry on such exempt regulated activities.