Part 3: Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act Section 23A: Primary authorities for regulated persons and regulated groups
Subsection (1) provides that the Secretary of State may nominate a qualifying regulator to be a primary authority in relation to a regulated person or a regulated group. Subsection (2) provides that the "partnership functions" are the relevant functions specified in the nomination. Subsections (3), (4) and (5) provide that each partnership function must be a relevant function of the primary authority, or a relevant function that is held by another qualifying regulator and equivalent to a relevant function of the primary authority.
	Subsection (6) provides that the Secretary of State may from time to time revise the specification of functions if the primary authority and the regulated person or the co-ordinator of the regulated group have agreed in writing to the revision.