FCA Handbook and instruments

Source universe · Acquisition routes

Official interpretation · Official API · Public

Published by Financial Conduct Authority. Jurisdiction: UK.

What it covers

• financial services rules
• conduct
• authorisation
• regulatory instruments

Publication and history

Handbook consolidation changes after rule-making instruments and may expose future versions.

Current and time-travel Handbook content plus definitive instruments where published.

Review cadence: Weekly. Reliability: Official publisher.

Acquisition and rights

• Acquisition: Official API

• Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

• Commercial reuse: Permitted with attribution

• Raw storage: Permitted

• Derived assertions: Permitted

• Public use: Attributed derived content

• Visibility: Public

Use the documented API only; the terms prohibit bot scraping of the website and definitive instruments control conflicts.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; credited third-party material remains excluded.

Evidence for this decision

• FCA Handbook API — Access evidence, reviewed 11 September 2026.
• FCA Handbook terms — Terms evidence, reviewed 11 September 2026.

Source registry: sterling-source-registry@2026-09-11.5. Last reviewed 11 September 2026.