There are other legal factors that can have an impact on
providers and consumers of financial products and services.
These include laws relating to discrimination,
employment, health and safety and consumer
protection.
These can affect how a company operates
for example its costs and the prices it
charges its customers for its products.
UK LEGALISATION
Companies must comply with these requirements
Company law
Employment
legalisation
Tax law
Proceeds of crime and anti-terrorism
legislation
Accounting standards
When a court case
between a
customer and a
financial services
provider goes
against the
provider, other
customers who
have similar cases
are likely also to
take it to court.
The office of fair trading and the competition
commission were closed and were divided between the
financial conduct authority and the new agency which
is the competitive and markets authority.
the CMA are repsponsible for
Investigating merges which could restrict competition
Conducting market studies and investigations
where there may be competition and
consumer problems
Investigating where there may be breaches of the UK
or EU laws
Bringing criminal proceedings against individuals who commit
an offence
enforcing consumer
protection
legislation
Co-operating with sector regulators
Considering regulatory references and
appeals
EUROPEAN LEGISLATION
European union
Directive
Domestic legislation
UK
Regulations
Regulations are directly
applicable. They become law
in the EU as soon as they
come into force.
Directives can be seen as instructions
issues by the European commission.
They set out what is to be
achieved and the county can
decide for itself how to do
this.
The European commission plans to bring
into force a large number of laws and
directives over the next few years that
will affect UK financial services
businesses that deal only with people in
the UK and also those businesses that
want to sell to customers in other
European countries.