The Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001

20.  In the Financial Markets and Insolvency Regulations 1996(1)— U.K.

(a) in regulation 2(1)—

(i) in the definition of “register of securities”, for “a register maintained by the issuer, whether by virtue of the 1995 Regulations or otherwise” there shall be substituted “a register, whether maintained by virtue of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 or otherwise”;

(ii) the definition of “the 1995 Regulations” shall be omitted;

(iii) in the definition of “relevant nominee”, for “paragraph 19(d) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Regulations” there shall be substituted “paragraph 25(f) of Schedule 1 to the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001”;

(iv) in the definition of “transfer”, for “the generation of an Operator-instruction requiring a participating issuer to register a system-member on the relevant register of securities as the holder of those units;” there shall be substituted “the registration of a transfer of title to those units in the relevant Operator register of securities;”; and

(v) in the full-out to regulation 2(1), for “the 1995 Regulations” there shall be substituted “the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001”;

(b) in regulation 2(2)(a), for “regulation 19 of the 1995 Regulations” there shall be substituted “regulation 20, 21 or 22 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001”; and

(c) in regulation 5(a)(ii), for “regulation 25(1)(a) or 25(2)(a) of the 1995 Regulations” there shall be substituted “regulation 31(2)(b) or 31(4)(b) of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 para. 20 in force at 26.11.2001, see reg. 1

(1)

S.I. 1996/1469.