The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001

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PART IU.K. PRELIMINARY

Citation and CommencementU.K.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001 and come into force on 18th June 2001.

InterpretationU.K.

2. In these Regulations—

[F1ACER” means the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators established by Regulation (EC) No. 713/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators]
“the Act" means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
“Authority worker" means—
(a)
a person who is or has been employed by the Authority; or
(b)
an auditor or expert instructed by the Authority;
[F2“conglomerates directive” means Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16th December 2002 on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate and amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC, 79/267/EEC, 92/49/EEC, 92/96/EEC, 93/6/EEC, 93/22/EEC, and Directives 98/78/EC and 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;]
“criminal investigation" means an investigation of any crime, including an investigation of any alleged or suspected crime and an investigation of whether a crime has been committed;
“dependent territory" means the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and any territory outside the British Islands for whose external relations the United Kingdom is responsible;
“dependent territory regulatory authority" means an overseas regulatory authority which exercises its functions in, and in relation to, a dependent territory;
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“disciplinary proceedings authority" means a person responsible for initiating prescribed disciplinary proceedings or determining the outcome of such proceedings;
“EEA competent authority" means a competent authority of an EEA state other than the United Kingdom for the purposes of any of the single market directives F4... F5...;
“EEA regulatory authority" means an EEA competent authority or an overseas regulatory authority which exercises its functions in, and in relation to, an EEA State other than the United Kingdom;
[F6“ESRB” means the European Systemic Risk Board established by Regulation (EU) No. 1092/2010 of the European Parliament and the Council of 24 November 2010 on European Union macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board;]
[F6“ESAs” means the European Supervisory Authorities established by Regulation (EU) No. 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), Regulation (EU) No. 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) and Regulation (EU) No. 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority);]
“former regulated activities" means activities carried on before the coming into force of section 19 of the Act and which constitute—
(a)
investment business within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986 M1;
(b)
deposit-taking business within the meaning of the Banking Act 1987 M2;
(c)
insurance business within the meaning of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 M3; or
(d)
insurance business within the meaning of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 M4;
“former regulated person" means a person who, at any time before the coming into force of section 19 of the Act, was—
(a)
authorised under section 3 or 4 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982;
(b)
an authorised person within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986, or an appointed representative within the meaning of section 44 M5 (appointed representatives) of that Act;
(c)
an authorised institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1987;
(d)
a European institution within the meaning of the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 M6;
(e)
a European investment firm within the meaning of the Investment Services Regulations 1995 M7;
(f)
an EC company within the meaning of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 able to carry on direct insurance business through a branch in the United Kingdom, or provide insurance in the United Kingdom by virtue of paragraph 1 or 8 of Schedule 2F to that Act M8;
(g)
a friendly society authorised or treated as authorised for the purposes of Part IV of the Friendly Societies Act 1992, or permitted by virtue of section 31(2) or (3) of that Act to carry on activities without authorisation under that Part; or
(h)
a building society authorised or treated as authorised for the purposes of the Building Societies Act 1986 M9;
[F7“markets in financial instruments directive information” means confidential information received by the Authority in the course of discharging its functions as an EEA competent authority under the markets in financial instruments directive [F8or its functions in relation to the supervision of investment firms under Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council] [F9as last amended on 24th November 2010 by Directives 2010/76/EU and 2010/78 /EU of the European Parliament and of the Council];]
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“non-EEA regulatory authority" means an overseas regulatory authority other than an EEA regulatory authority or a dependent territory regulatory authority;
“overseas regulatory authority" means—
(a)
an authority in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom which exercises any function of a kind mentioned in section 195(4) of the Act; or
(b)
an overseas investment exchange or overseas clearing house;
“prescribed disciplinary proceedings" means the disciplinary proceedings prescribed in Schedule 3;
“Secretary of State worker" means—
(a)
a person who is or has been employed by the Secretary of State; or
(b)
an auditor or expert instructed by the Secretary of State;
[F10“short selling regulation information” means confidential information received by the Authority in the course of discharging its functions as a competent authority under the short selling regulation;]
[F11“single market information” means confidential information received by the Authority in the course of discharging its functions as the competent authority under any of the single market directives except for the market in financial instruments directive or the conglomerates directive and as the competent authority under Regulation (EU) No. 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), Regulation (EU) No. 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) and Regulation (EU) No. 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority) and article 8 of Regulation (EU) No. 1092/2010 of the European Parliament and the Council of 24 November 2010 on European Union macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board;]
[F12“single market restrictions” means the restrictions imposed on the disclosure of information by—
(a)
articles 54 and 58 of the markets in financial instruments directive;
(b)
section 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 5 of the banking consolidation directive;
(c)
articles 16 and 17 of Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 concerning life assurance as amended by the conglomerates directive;
(d)
article 16 of the third non-life directive;
(e)
articles 24 to 30 of the reinsurance directive;
(f)
article 102 of the UCITS directive;
(g)
article 9 of the insurance mediation directive;
(h)
article 70 of Regulation (EU) No. 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority);
(i)
article 70 of Regulation (EU) No. 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority);
(j)
article 70 of Regulation (EU) No. 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority); and
(k)
article 8 of Regulation (EU) No. 1092/2010 of the European Parliament and the Council of 24 November 2010 on European Union macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board;]
[F13[F14"the third non-life insurance directive"] has the meaning given to it by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act;]
[F15UCITS directive information” means confidential information received by the Authority in the course of discharging its functions as an EEA competent authority under the UCITS directive.]
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