The Authority is permitted to cancel the licence of a licensed body if it fails to practise any financial activity within what prescribed period after obtaining the category licence?
The Authority has the power to cancel the licence of a licensed body, or cancel approval to practise a particular financial activity, in several specified circumstances. One of these circumstances arises when a licensed body does not actually commence the activities for which it has been authorised. The CISI UAE Financial Rules and Regulations states that if, for a period of six months from the date of obtaining the category licence, the licensed body has not practised at least one financial activity specified within that licence, the Authority may cancel the licence. This requirement prevents entities from obtaining regulatory authorisation and leaving it dormant indefinitely without conducting the regulated business for which the licence was granted. Other grounds for cancellation include failure to satisfy licence conditions, serious breaches of duties or obligations, submission of misleading or forged documentation, non-payment of prescribed fees or fines, bankruptcy-related circumstances, dissolution or liquidation. For the inactivity condition tested here, however, the relevant period is specifically six months. Therefore, option A is correct.
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