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Click here to view amending instruments for this sectionFEES 5 Annex 1 12345Annual General Levy Payable in Relation to the Compulsory Jurisdiction for 2011/1267

 Rule01/04/2012
Introduction: annual budget2829
1. The annual budget for 1010116112011/12 6approved by the FSA is 101011611£127.9m.6104528299
2. The total amount expected to be raised through the general levy in 116112011/126 will be 6£42.7m 6(net of £1.8m to be raised from consumer credit firms).10
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Compulsory jurisdiction - general levy45
Industry blockTariff baseGeneral levy payable by firm
1-Deposit acceptors, 1221229home finance providers,13 home finance administrators 9 (excluding firms in block 14) and dormant account fund operators13Number of accounts relevant to the activities in 14149DISP 2.6.1 R9 as at 31 December156
In the case of dormant account fund operators, the tariff base is the number of eligible activated accounts (8).13
22991010116£0.0643648611 per relevant account, subject to a minimum levy of £1008
2-Insurers - general (excluding firms in blocks 13 & 15)Relevant annual gross premium income229981616116£0.21626611 per £1,000 of relevant annual gross premium income, subject to a minimum levy of £100
3-The Society (of Lloyd's)Not applicable811611£48,1166 to be allocated by the Society
4-Insurers - life (excluding firms in block 15)Relevant adjusted annual gross premium income2299101011611£0.0384456 per £1,000 of relevant adjusted annual gross premium income, subject to a minimum levy of £1008
5-Fund managers (including those holding client money/assets and not holding client money/assets)10Flat fee10228969Levy of £4856
6-Operators, trustees and depositaries of collective investment schemes and operators of personal pension schemes or stakeholder pension schemes17Flat feeLevy of 262£1206
7-Dealers as principalFlat feeLevy of 6£1256
8-Advisory arrangers, dealers or brokers holding and controlling client money and/or assetsNumber of relevant persons approved to perform the customer function (CF30), but excluding those persons solely acting in the capacity of an investment manager or solely advising clients in connection with corporate finance business or performing functions relating to these.2299101011611£36.986 per relevant approved person subject to a minimum levy of 2299101011£35118
9-Advisory arrangers, dealers or brokers not holding and controlling client money and/or assetsNumber of relevant persons approved to perform the customer function (CF30), but excluding those persons solely acting in the capacity of an investment manager or solely advising clients in connection with corporate finance business or performing functions relating to these.899101011611£30.026 per relevant approved person subject to a minimum levy of 9911£3511
10-Corporate finance advisersFlat feeLevy of 6£1306
11-fee-paying payment service providers (but excluding firms in any other Industry block18 except Industry block 18)622918For authorised payment institutions, electronic money issuers (except for small electronic money institutions),6 the Post Office Limited, the Bank of England, government departments and local authorities, and EEA authorised payment institutions relevant income as described in FEES 4 Annex 11 R Part 3189818116£0.0408546 per £1,000 of relevant income subject to a minimum levy of £7511
For small payment institutions and6 small electronic money institutions 6a flat fee18Levy of 6£15061118
12-N/A for 229910112010/11118 
13-Cash plan health providersFlat feeLevy of 6£1256
14-Credit unionsFlat feeLevy of 6£1256
15-Friendly societies whose tax-exempt business represents 95% or more of their total relevant businessFlat feeLevy of 6£1256
16-1222129Home finance providers, advisers and arrangers 9 (excluding firms in blocks 13, 14 & 15)Flat feeLevy of 99101011611£1106
17 - General insurance mediation (excluding firms in blocks 13, 14 & 15)10Annual income (as defined in MIPRU 4.3) relating to firm's relevant business10991011611£1.6492776 per £1,000 of annual income (as defined in MIPRU 4.3) relating to firm's relevant business subject to a minimum levy of 1011£8511
618 - fee-paying electronic money issuersFor all fee-paying electronic money issuers except for small electronic money institutions, 19average outstanding electronic money, as described in FEES 4 Annex 11 R Part 3. This tariff base applies for the period 2012/13.1919[tbc]19
For small electronic money institutions, a flat fee£180

Notes15
4[not used]
5The industry blocks in the table are based on the equivalent activity groups set out in Part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 1 Rand Part 2 and Part 2A of FEES 4 Annex 11 R6.
6Where the tariff base in the table is defined in similar terms as that for the equivalent activity group in Part 2 of FEES 4 Annex 1 R or Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 11 R6, it must be calculated in the same way as that tariff base - taking into account only the firm's relevant business.
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138Eligible activated accounts are the number of repayment claims met by the dormant account fund operator as at the 31 December.

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