The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2019

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved

2019 No. 1341

Terms And Conditions Of Employment

The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2019

Made 11th October 2019

Laid before Parliament 15th October 2019

Coming into force 5th November 2019

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43F of the Employment Rights Act 19961:

S-1 Citation and Commencement

Citation and Commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into force on 5th November 2019.

S-2 Amendments to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014

Amendments to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014

2. In the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 20142

(a) omit the entry relating to the Care Inspectorate and, at the appropriate place, insert—

“Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland3.

Matters relating to the provision of care services, as defined in the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 20104.”;

(b) at the appropriate place insert—

“Commission for Equality and Human Rights5.

Compliance with the requirements of legislation relating to equality and human rights.”;

(c) in the entry relating to the European Securities and Markets Authority, in the second column, substitute—

  • “(a) Matters relating to compliance with of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13th July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) as amended by Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories;

  • (b) The conduct of trade repositories regulated by Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 2019/834 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 as regards the clearing obligation, the suspension of the clearing obligation, the reporting requirements, the risk-mitigation techniques for OTC derivative contracts not cleared by a central counterparty, the registration and supervision of trade repositories and the requirements for trade repositories; and

  • (c) Matters relating to the conduct of persons who are credit ratings agencies registered under Chapter 1 of Title 3 of Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies or who are certified in accordance with Article 5(2) of that regulation.”;”;

(d) in the entry relating to the Financial Conduct Authority, in the second column, after sub-paragraph (o), insert—

  • “(p) the conduct of self-regulatory organisations in relation to compliance with their supervision requirements as defined in regulation 2 of the Oversight of Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Supervision Regulations 2017 or the requirements imposed on self-regulatory organisations by or under those Regulations;

  • (q) the conduct of persons who are supervised contributors within the meaning of Article 3(1)(10) of Regulation (EU) no. 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives and and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014;

  • (r) the conduct of persons who are...

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