32A.— (1) An authorisation granted by the Bank under section 31 to a F84[person] may specify classes of services, and additional services, that F84[the person] may provide.

(2) An authorisation granted by the Bank under section 31 of this Act to a retail credit firm may include an authorisation to act as a home reversion firm.

(3) The Bank may amend—

(a) the classes of F85[…] services that may be provided in accordance with subsections (1) or (2), or

(b) the designation or classification of F84[persons] or services.

(4) For the purposes of subsections (1) to (3), the Bank may use such designation or classification of F84[persons] or services as the Bank considers appropriate to describe the services provided.

(5) At any time before granting or refusing an authorisation to a F84[person], the Bank may—

(a) request such further information from the F84[person], or

(b) instruct an authorised officer F86[appointed under F87[Part 3 of the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013]] to make such inquiries, or carry out such investigations,

as it considers necessary for the purpose of properly evaluating an application. Any such inquiries or investigations shall be carried out in accordance with this Act.

(6) In the case of a F84[person] authorised in another EEA Country, the Bank—

(a) shall have regard to any requirements imposed on F84[the person] by an authority of that country that appears to the Bank to exercise a regulatory or supervisory role similar to that of the Bank in relation to F84[the person], and

(b) may exchange with that authority information relevant to the carrying out of the Bank’s functions under this Act or the functions of that authority under the laws of that country.]