586.This section allows the Authority to direct that the exemption from the general prohibition is not to apply to certain classes of professional.  The Authority may exercise this power, however, only where it is satisfied that it is desirable to do so in the interests of clients.  A non-exhaustive list of factors to which the Authority must have regard in reaching that judgement is set out in the section.
Commentary on Sections Part Xx: Provision of Financial Services by Members of the Professions Section 328: Directions in relation to the general prohibition