Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on August 1, 2022 has issued a Notification on “Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022”. This Amendment Regulation has been brought forth in order to amend the SEBI (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 in the following manner:
- for the words “designated member”, wherever occurring, the words “competent authority” shall be substituted;
- in regulation 22, clause (c) shall be substituted by the following, namely, –
“c “competent authority” means a Whole Time Member or an officer of the Board, not below the rank of a Chief General Manager, as may be designated for the purpose by the Board;”;
in regulation 24, sub-regulation (1) shall be substituted by the following, namely, –
“(1) The Board may approve the initiation of proceedings for any default of the nature specified in regulation 23 against any person who has been granted a certificate of registration under the Act and regulations made thereunder.”
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