Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 - SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/91 - SEBI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 1st August, 2022 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (INTERMEDIARIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2022 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/91. -In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 , namely: 1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022. 2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 3. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 , - (I) for the words designated member , wherever occurring, the words competent authority shall be substituted; (II) 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; ; (III) 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. MADHABI PURI BUCH, Chairman [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./203/2022-23] Footnote: 1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 was published in the Gazette of India, Part III Section 4 on May 26, 2008 vide notification No. LADNRO/ GN/2008/11/126538. 2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 was subsequently amended on: - a) August 11, 2008 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers and Sub- Brokers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2008, vide notification No. LADNRO/GN/2008/20/134766. b) July 14, 2009 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009, vide notification no. LAD-NRO/GN/2009-10/12/169546. c) January 7, 2014 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014, vide notification no. LAD-NRO/GN/2013-14/36/12. d) May 25, 2016 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016, vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2016-17/006. e) November 21, 2017, by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2017-18/021. f) April 17, 2020, by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/10. g) January 21, 2021, by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/07. h) May 5, 2021, by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/20. i) August 3, 2021, by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/30. j) November 17, 2021, by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/59.