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Statutory Instruments
Financial Services And Markets
Made
7th July 2021
Laid before Parliament
9th July 2021
Coming into force
9th August 2021
The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 48A and 49(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds M1.
Marginal Citations
M1EUR 2016/1011. Article 48A is inserted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 9th August 2021.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in force at 9.8.2021, see reg. 1(1)
2. In these Regulations—
“the Benchmarks Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds;
“the FCA” means the Financial Conduct Authority.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in force at 9.8.2021, see reg. 1(1)
Prospective
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Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 3 omitted (8.8.2021) by virtue of The Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/920), regs. 1(1), 2(a)
4. This Part applies for the purposes of—
(a)in Article 22A of the Benchmarks Regulation (assessment of representativeness of critical benchmarks: administrator) M2—
(i)a notice given by the FCA to an administrator under paragraph 3 or 11;
(ii)a permission given by the FCA to an administrator under paragraph 9;
(b)in Article 22B of that Regulation (assessment of representativeness of critical benchmarks: FCA) M3, a notice given by the FCA to an administrator under paragraph 3;
(c)in Article 23A of that Regulation (designation of certain critical benchmarks) M4, a notice given by the FCA to an administrator under paragraph 1(b), 4, 7 or 9;
(d)in Article 23D of that Regulation (orderly cessation of Article 23A benchmarks) M5, a notice given by the FCA to an administrator under paragraph 2 or 8(b).
Commencement Information
Marginal Citations
M2Article 22A is inserted by section 11(2) of the Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22).
M3Article 22B is inserted by section 11(2) of the Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22).
M4Article 23A is inserted by section 13 of the Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22).
M5Article 23D is inserted by section 15 of the Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22).
5.—(1) An administrator of a critical benchmark—
(a)must provide the FCA with an email address to which a notice or permission to which this Part applies may be sent;
(b)may provide the FCA with an address (other than an email address) to which such a notice or permission may, with the written agreement of the FCA, be sent electronically.
[F2(2) An address provided in accordance with paragraph (1) must be provided—
(a)where the benchmark is listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1368 of 11 August 2016 establishing a list of critical benchmarks used in financial markets pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, before 14 August 2021;
(b)where regulations are made specifying the benchmark as critical under paragraph 5 or 6 of Article 20A, or paragraph 5 of Article 20, of the Benchmarks Regulation, within five working days beginning with the day on which those regulations come into force.]
(3) The administrator may provide a different address in substitution for one provided in accordance with paragraph (1).
(4) An address provided under paragraph (3) must be provided no less than five working days before the day on which the administrator intends the substitution to take effect.
(5) The conditions in paragraph (1) apply in respect of such an address as they apply to an address provided in accordance with that paragraph.
Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 5(2) substituted (8.8.2021) by The Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/920), regs. 1(1), 2(b)
Commencement Information
6. A notice or permission sent by the FCA to an administrator at an address provided in accordance with regulation 5 shall be deemed to have been received—
(a)in respect of a notice or permission referred to in regulation 4(a) to (c)—
(i)if sent on a working day before 5 p.m., on that day;
(ii)otherwise, on the following working day;
(b)in respect of a notice referred to in regulation 4(d)—
(i)if sent before 5 p.m., on the day on which it is sent;
(ii)otherwise, on the following day.
Alan Mak
David Rutley
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision in respect of a notice or permission given by the Financial Conduct Authority to a benchmark administrator under Articles 22A, 22B, 23A and 23D of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds.
In these Regulations:
— regulation 5 imposes an obligation on the administrator of a critical benchmark to provide an address to which the Financial Conduct Authority may send a notice or permission electronically;
— regulation 6 makes provision for when a notice or permission sent in such a manner is deemed to have been received.
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