8.—(1) In a provision to which this paragraph applies, a reference to securities, instruments or investments creating or acknowledging indebtedness (or creating or acknowledging a present or future indebtedness) includes a reference to uncertificated units of eligible debt securities.
(2) This paragraph applies to–
(a)Schedule 1 to the Trustee Investments Act 1961();
(b)section 98(1) of the Local Government Act 1972();
(c)section 92(3) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973();
(d)section 3(6) of the Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research) Act 1981();
(e)228(6)(b) of the Companies Act 1985();
(f)paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 1993();
(g)section 17(7A) of the Bank of England Act 1998();
(h)paragraph 12(f) of Schedule 2, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 11, to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000();
(i)section 74(8) of the Postal Services Act 2000();
(j)regulation 3 of the Consumer Protection (Cancellation of Contracts Concluded away from Business Premises) Regulations 1987();
(k)paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Traded Securities (Disclosure) Regulations 1994();
(l)paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Railway Pensions (Transfer and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1994();
(m)the Schedule to the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (Modification) Regulations 1994();
(n)the Schedule to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme (Modification) Regulations 1994();
(o)the Schedule to the Industry-Wide Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Regulations 1994();
(p)regulations 2(1), 3(2) and 7(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995();
(q)regulation 2(1) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Minimum Funding Requirements and Actuarial Valuations) Regulations 1996();
(r)regulations 5(3)(b) and 8 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 1996();
(s)regulation 1(3) of the Stakeholder Pension Schemes Regulations 2000();
(t)Schedule 1 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001;
(u)Part IV of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001;
(v)the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Investment by Devolved Administrations)(Public-Private Partnership Business) Order 2001;
(w)articles 17(1), 31(1), 77(1) and 78 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001.