Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

[F1 191G Interpretation U.K.

(1)  In this Part—

• “acquisition” means the acquisition of control or of an increase in control over a UK authorised person;

• [F2 “the appropriate regulator” is to be read in accordance with section 178(2A);]

• F3 ...

• [F4 “qualifying credit institution” includes a credit institution which is authorised under the law of Gibraltar relied on immediately before IP completion day to implement the capital requirements directive.]

• “shares” has the same meaning as in section 422;

• “UK authorised person” means an authorised person who—

  (a)

  is a body incorporated in, or an unincorporated association formed under the law of, any part of the United Kingdom; and

  (b)

  is not a person authorised as a result of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 [F5 , or a person treated as having a Part 4A permission to carry on a regulated activity by virtue of regulation 71 of the Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019]; and

• “voting power” has the same meaning as in section 422.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a “working day” is a day other than—

(a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or

(b) a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the M1 Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 178-191G and cross-headings substituted (21.3.2009) for ss. 178-191 and cross-headings by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Controllers) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/534), reg. 3, Sch. 1 (with reg. 8)

F2 Words in s. 191G(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 26(12), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F3 Words in s. 191G(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/632), regs. 1(3), 56(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in s. 191G(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/632, reg. 56(c) (as inserted by The Gibraltar (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/680), regs. 1(3), 9(4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 40(d)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

F5 Words in s. 191G(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/632), regs. 1(3), 56(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1971 c.80.