England and Wales commercial and regulatory procedures
When should an applicant expect contact from the FCA?
Process-specific contact or service target, not one universal statutory ten-day deadline. Retain acknowledgement, respond to information requests and contact the relevant FCA team. The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule.
- Period
- Process-specific contact or service target, not one universal statutory ten-day deadline
- Trigger
- Submission and acknowledgement of the actual application type
- Rule
- fca authorisation process, Authorisation application process
fca authorisation process, Authorisation application process. The retained source governs retain acknowledgement, respond to information requests and contact the relevant FCA team. The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule.
Source guide · No automated date
Check the applicable procedure
The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule. Separate receipt, completeness, allocation and substantive determination events. No automatic final date is computed here. The actual submission and acknowledgement of the actual application type and required completion must be established before using a final date.
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When should an applicant expect contact from the FCA?
Process-specific contact or service target, not one universal statutory ten-day deadline. Retain acknowledgement, respond to information requests and contact the relevant FCA team. The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule.
Responsible actor. Applicant awaiting allocation or a response from the FCA.
Submission and acknowledgement of the actual application type.
The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule.
The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule.
fca authorisation process, Authorisation application processHow does this provision count time?
- Retain acknowledgement, respond to information requests and contact the relevant FCA team.
- Separate receipt, completeness, allocation and substantive determination events. No automatic final date is computed here.
- The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule.
Separate receipt, completeness, allocation and substantive determination events. No automatic final date is computed here.
Separate receipt, completeness, allocation and substantive determination events. No automatic final date is computed here. The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule.
fca authorisation process, Authorisation application processWhich facts prevent one automatic date?
The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule. Separate receipt, completeness, allocation and substantive determination events. No automatic final date is computed here. The actual submission and acknowledgement of the actual application type and required completion must be established before using a final date.
The applicant awaiting allocation or a response from the FCA has established the applicable procedure and submission and acknowledgement of the actual application type. The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule. Retain acknowledgement, respond to information requests and contact the relevant FCA team. Process-specific contact or service target, not one universal statutory ten-day deadline. No computed final date is supplied.
A proposed completion raises a nonbusiness-day or time-boundary question for retain acknowledgement, respond to information requests and contact the relevant FCA team. Separate receipt, completeness, allocation and substantive determination events. No automatic final date is computed here. Resolve this boundary under the identified provision and actual completion route. Separate receipt, completeness, allocation and substantive determination events. No automatic final date is computed here.
An acknowledgement is received but a case officer has not yet been assigned. The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule. The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule. No automatic final date follows from this scenario.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Applicable procedure and actual event
- The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule.
- Counting and completion boundary
- Separate receipt, completeness, allocation and substantive determination events. No automatic final date is computed here.
- The current official authorisation process must be matched to the application. A published service commitment cannot be treated as approval or the statutory determination deadline. The retained 2016 commitments page is historical, not proof of a current universal ten-day allocation rule.
- Applicant awaiting allocation or a response from the FCA. Submission and acknowledgement of the actual application type. Retain acknowledgement, respond to information requests and contact the relevant FCA team. Separate receipt, completeness, allocation and substantive determination events. No automatic final date is computed here.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When should an applicant expect contact from the FCA?
Does initial contact mean the application is approved?
No. Acknowledgement and case allocation are separate from determination.
fca authorisation process, Authorisation application processDoes a historical service target create a statutory deadline?
No. Match a current applicable commitment to the actual application type.
fca authorisation process, Authorisation application processWhat should an applicant retain?
The application, acknowledgement, reference number and later information requests.
fca authorisation process, Authorisation application processDoes a missing case officer reset the statutory clock?
Section 55V depends on statutory receipt and completeness facts, not allocation alone.
fca authorisation process, Authorisation application processCan different authorisation regimes use different periods?
Yes. Section 55V itself contains special regimes.
fca authorisation process, Authorisation application processDoes this page promise a contact date?
No. It explains the process and the evidence needed to identify an applicable current target.
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Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| fca authorisation process, Authorisation application process | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| fca authorisation commitments, Historical 2016 communication commitments | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, section 55V | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |