Singapore legislation

Regulation 8

of Financial Advisers Regulations

Regulation 8

Lapsing of financial adviser’s licence

Amended byS 716/2010 wef 26/11/2010S 222/2023 wef 31/12/2021

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 716/2010 wef 26/11/2010S 222/2023 wef 31/12/2021

For the purposes of section 15(1)(b) of the Act, where the Authority has not revoked or suspended the licence of a financial adviser under section 15(2) or (3) of the Act, respectively, the licence shall lapse —

(a)

if the financial adviser has not commenced business in at least one of the financial advisory services authorised to be provided by the licence for a continuous period of 6 months after the grant of the licence (or such longer period as the Authority may allow), immediately upon the expiry of that period; or

(b)

if the financial adviser —

(i)

has ceased to carry on business in providing all of the financial advisory services authorised to be provided by the licence;

(ii)

has not resumed business in any of those financial advisory services for a continuous period of 2 months from the date of such cessation of business; and

(iii)

has not notified the Authority of such cessation of business at any time during that period of 2 months,immediately upon the expiry of that period of 2 months.

Subregulation 2

[Deleted by S 716/2010 wef 26/11/2010]