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

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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Regulation 2:

Regulations amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2012/3122, Sch. para. 9 by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 7
Regulations amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 2011/99, Sch. 3 para. 11 by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 14(2)
Regulations amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 2017/752, Sch. 6 para. 13 by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 9(3)(b)
Regulations applied by S.I. 2024/107 reg. 29
reg. 2 applied by S.I. 2019/926 reg. 29(1)(a)
reg. 2 word omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 13(2)(a)(i)
reg. 2 word substituted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 13(2)(b)
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4(2)(c) omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1385, regs. 1(4), 61(2))
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(d) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4(2)(c) omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1385, regs. 1(4), 61(2))
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(e)
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(m)
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(n) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4(2)(n) omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1385, regs. 1(4), 61(5))
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(o)
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 13(2)(a)(ii)
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2020/1406 reg. 6(2)
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(2)(a)
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(2)(c)(i)
reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2024/1083 reg. 12(2)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(b)(i)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(b)(ii)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(b)(iii)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(b)(iv)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(b)(v)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(h)(i)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(h)(ii)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(j)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(l)(i)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(l)(ii)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(l)(iii)
reg. 2 words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 13(2)(c)
reg. 2 words omitted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/681, reg. 4(2)(g) by S.I. 2020/1385 reg. 61(3)
reg. 2 words omitted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/681, reg. 4(2)(o) by S.I. 2020/1385 reg. 61(6)
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2018/546 art. 21
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(a)
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(f)
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(g)
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(i)
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(k)
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(2)(p)
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2020/1385 reg. 41
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(2)(b)(i)
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(2)(b)(ii)
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(2)(c)(ii)
reg. 2 words substituted by S.I. 2019/681, reg. 4(2)(c) (as substituted) by S.I. 2019/1416 reg. 22
reg. 2 words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/681, reg. 4(2)(m) by S.I. 2020/1385 reg. 61(4)
reg. 2 words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/681, reg. 4(2)(o) by S.I. 2020/1301 reg. 3 Sch. para. 41(a)

Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Instrument associated Parts and Chapters:

Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Instrument (including any effects on those provisions):

Pt. 5 Ch. 1 heading Pt. 5 heading substituted and renumbered as Pt. 5 Ch. 1 by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(14)
Pt. 5 Ch. 2 inserted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(17)
Pt. 5 Ch. 1 heading words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/681, reg. 4(14) by S.I. 2020/1301 reg. 3 Sch. para. 41(c)
Pt. 5 Ch. 2 words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/681, reg. 4(17) by S.I. 2020/1301 reg. 3 Sch. para. 41(e)
Sch. 1 Pt. 6 inserted by S.I. 2020/1406 reg. 6(5)(b)
reg. 8(d) word omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(7)(d)(i)
reg. 8(d) word omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(7)(d)(ii)
reg. 8(f) omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(7)(e)
reg. 9(1A) words omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(8)(b)
art. 9(2B)(a) substituted by 2018 c. 12 Sch. 19 para. 278(2)
reg. 9(2B)(a) word inserted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(8)(d)(i)
reg. 9(2B)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2019/419 Sch. 3 para. 37(2)
reg. 9(2B)(b) words substituted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(8)(d)(ii)
reg. 9(2B)(b)(iii) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/681, reg. 4(8)(d)(ii) by S.I. 2020/1301 reg. 3 Sch. para. 41(b)
reg. 9(2B)(c) omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(8)(d)(iii)
reg. 9(2C) substituted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(8)(e)
reg. 9(2C)(c) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(3)(a)
reg. 9(2C)(d)(i) words inserted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(3)(b)(i)
reg. 9(2C)(d)(i) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(3)(b)(ii)
reg. 9(2ZA) words inserted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(8)(c)(ii)
reg. 9(2ZA)(e) word omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(8)(c)(i)
reg. 9(3)(b)(vi) substituted for reg. 9(3)(b)(iii)(iv)(v) by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 13(4)(b)
reg. 9(3F) omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(8)(k)
reg. 9(3EA) omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(8)(k)
reg. 9(4A) inserted by S.I. 2020/1406 reg. 6(3)
reg. 9(5) word omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(8)(m)
art. 9(6) inserted by 2018 c. 12 Sch. 19 para. 278(3)
reg. 9(6) substituted by S.I. 2019/419 Sch. 3 para. 37(3)
reg. 10A heading word omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(9)
reg. 10A(1) word omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(10)(a)
reg. 10A(1)(a) word omitted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(4)(a)
reg. 10A(1)(b) word inserted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(4)(b)
reg. 10A(1)(c) inserted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(4)(c)
reg. 10A(3) word omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(10)(b)
reg. 10B(1) word omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(11)(a)
reg. 10B(2) words inserted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(5)(a)
reg. 10B(2) words substituted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(11)(b)
reg. 10B(2) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1313 reg. 15(5)(b)
reg. 10C inserted by S.I. 2020/1406 reg. 6(4)
reg. 10D inserted by S.I. 2024/1083 reg. 12(3)
reg. 11(g) word omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(13)(e)
reg. 11(fa) omitted by S.I. 2019/681 reg. 4(13)(d)
reg. 12D inserted by S.I. 2024/1083 reg. 12(4)

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;
F2...
[F3“competent authority” includes a supervisory authority within the meaning of Article 13(10) of the Solvency 2 Directive;]
[F4“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 [F5as last amended by Directive 2011/89/EU 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;
F6...
“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 [F7, the EMIR regulation F8... [F9, the SFT regulation [F10, the CSD regulation or the PRIIPs regulation]]] F11... F12...;
“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;
[F13“EEA resolution authority” means an authority designated by another EEA state in accordance with Article 3 of the recovery and resolution directive;]
[F14EMIR information” means confidential information received by one of the regulators in the course of discharging its functions as a competent authority under the EMIR regulation;]
[F14“the EMIR regulation” means Regulation (EU) 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories;]
[F15“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;]
[F15“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);]
[F16“EU Benchmarks Regulation 2016” 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 and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2014/17/EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014;]
[F16“EU Benchmarks Regulation 2016 information” means information received by the FCA in the course of discharging its functions as a competent authority under the EU Benchmarks Regulation 2016;]
[F13“foreign resolution authority” means an authority in a territory which is not, and does not form part of, an EEA state which exercises functions in relation to third-country resolution action (within the meaning of section 89H of the Banking Act 2009), including planning for such action, corresponding to one or more functions exercisable by an EU resolution authority pursuant to the recovery and resolution directive;]
“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;
F17...
[F18“markets in financial instruments directive [F19and the markets in financial instruments regulation] information” means confidential information received by the [F20FCA or the PRA] in the course of discharging its functions as an EEA competent authority under the markets in financial instruments directive [F21or its functions in relation to the supervision of investment firms under [F22the capital requirements directive];]
[F23“mortgages directive information” means confidential information received by the FCA or the PRA in the course of discharging its functions as a competent authority under the mortgages directive;]
F12...
“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 [F24, overseas clearing house, EEA central counterparty (within the meaning of section 285(1)(c) of the Act) [F25, third country central counterparty (within the meaning of section 285(1)(d) of the Act), EEA CSD (within the meaning of section 285(1)(f) of the Act) or third country CSD (within the meaning of section 285(1)(g) of the Act)]];
“prescribed disciplinary proceedings" means the disciplinary proceedings prescribed in Schedule 3;
[F13“recovery and resolution directive” means Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15th May 2014 establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms;]
[F13“recovery and resolution directive information” means confidential information received by—
(a)
the Bank of England in the course of discharging its functions as a resolution authority under the recovery and resolution directive;
(b)
the FCA or PRA in the course of discharging their functions as competent authorities under the recovery and resolution directive;
(c)
a person appointed by the Bank of England under section 62B (resolution administrator) of the Banking Act 2009 to act as resolution administrator in the course of discharging that person's functions as such;]
[F26“regulators” means the FCA, the PRA and the Bank of England, and “regulator” means any one of the regulators;]
[F26“regulator worker” means—
(a)
a person who is or has been employed by one of the regulators; or
(b)
an auditor or expert instructed by one of the regulators;]
“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;
[F27“SFTR information” means confidential information received by a regulator in the course of discharging its functions as a competent authority under the SFT regulation;]
[F28“short selling regulation information” means confidential information received by the [F29FCA] in the course of discharging its functions as a competent authority under the short selling regulation;]
[F30“single market information” means confidential information received by the [F31FCA or the PRA] 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 [F32, the markets in financial instruments regulation] 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;]
[F33“single market restrictions” means the restrictions imposed on the disclosure of information by—
(a)
articles [F3476 and 81] of the markets in financial instruments directive;
(b)
[F35section 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the capital requirements directive]
(c)
[F36articles 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, and 70 of the Solvency 2 Directive;]
(f)
article 102 [F37and 104a.1] of the UCITS directive;
(g)
article 9 of the insurance mediation directive;
(ga)
[F38articles 47.2, 47.3, 51, 52 and 53.2 of the alternative investment fund managers directive;]
(gb)
[F39Articles 5(2) and 36 of the mortgages 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); F40...
(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] [F41; F42...
(l)
article 83 of the EMIR regulation;]
(m)
[F43articles 84 and 98 of the recovery and resolution directive] [F44; F45... [F46and]
(n)
F47...]
(o)
[F48article 18 of the SFT regulation;]
[F49[F50"the third non-life insurance directive"] has the meaning given to it by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act;]
[F51UCITS 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.]
F52...
F52...]