The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 No. 544

PART I U.K. GENERAL

Interpretation U.K.

3.—(1) In this Order—

• “the Act" means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

• [F1 “acting as an insolvency practitioner” is to be read with section 388 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or, as the case may be, article 3 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and, in any provision of this Order which provides for activities to be excluded from a specified activity, references to things done by a person acting—

  (a)

  as an insolvency practitioner, or

  (b)

  in reasonable contemplation of that person’s appointment as an insolvency practitioner,

  include anything done by the person’s firm in connection with that person so acting;]

• [F2 “agreement provider” has the meaning given by article 63J(3);

• “agreement seller” has the meaning given by article 63J(3);]

• [F3 “AIFM” has the meaning given by regulation 4 of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013;]

• [F4 “aircraft operator” has the same meaning as in the emission allowance trading directive;]

• “annuities on human life" does not include superannuation allowances and annuities payable out of any fund applicable solely to the relief and maintenance of persons engaged, or who have been engaged, in any particular profession, trade or employment, or of the dependants of such persons;

• [F5 “assignment”, in relation to a credit agreement, has the meaning given by article 60L;]

• [F4 “auction platform” means a platform on which auctions of greenhouse gas emissions allowances are held in accordance with the emission allowance auctioning regulation;]

• [F5 “borrower”—

  (a)

  in relation to a credit agreement other than a regulated mortgage contract [F6 or] [F6 ,] an article 36H agreement (within the meaning given by article 36H) [F7 or an agreement that is a green deal plan], has the meaning given by article 60L;

  (b)

  in relation to an article 36H agreement (within the meaning given by that article) other than a regulated mortgage contract, [F8 has the meaning given by article 36H];]

  (c)

  [F9 in relation to a credit agreement that is a green deal plan, has the meaning given by article 60LB;]

• “buying" includes acquiring for valuable consideration;

• “close relative" in relation to a person means—

  (a)

  his spouse [F10 or civil partner];

  (b)

  his children and step children, his parents and step-parents, his brothers and sisters and his step-brothers and step-sisters; and

  (c)

  the spouse [F10 or civil partner] of any person within sub-paragraph (b);

• [F11 “the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation 1287/2006 of 10 August 2006;]

• [F5 “consumer hire agreement” has the meaning given by article 60N;]

• “contract of general insurance" means any contract falling within Part I of Schedule 1;

• “contract of insurance" means any contract of insurance which is a contract of long-term insurance or a contract of general insurance, and includes—

  (a)

  fidelity bonds, performance bonds, administration bonds, bail bonds, customs bonds or similar contracts of guarantee, where these are—

  (i)

  effected or carried out by a person not carrying on a banking business;

  (ii)

  not effected merely incidentally to some other business carried on by the person effecting them; and

  (iii)

  effected in return for the payment of one or more premiums;

  (b)

  tontines;

  (c)

  capital redemption contracts or pension fund management contracts, where these are effected or carried out by a person who—

  (i)

  does not carry on a banking business; and

  (ii)

  otherwise carries on a regulated activity of the kind specified by article 10(1) or (2);

  (d)

  contracts to pay annuities on human life;

  (e)

  contracts of a kind referred to in [F12 Article 2(3)(b)(v) of the Solvency 2 Directive]; and

  (f)

  contracts of a kind referred to in [F13 Article 2(3)(c) of the Solvency 2 Directive];

  but does not include a funeral plan contract (or a contract which would be a funeral plan contract but for the exclusion in article 60);

• “contract of long-term insurance" means any contract falling within Part II of Schedule 1;

• “contractually based investment" means—

  (a)

  rights under a qualifying contract of insurance;

  (b)

  any investment of the kind specified by any of articles 83, 84, 85 and 87; or

  (c)

  any investment of the kind specified by article 89 so far as relevant to an investment falling within (a) or (b);

• [F5 [F14 “credit agreement” has the meaning given by article 60B;]

  [F14 “credit agreement”—

  (a)

  in relation to an agreement other than a green deal plan, has the meaning given by article 60B;

  (b)

  in relation to a green deal plan, has the meaning given by article 60LB;]]

• [F11 “credit institution” means—

  (a)

  a credit institution authorised under the [F15 capital requirements directive] other than an institution to which Article 2.1 of the markets in financial instruments directive (the text of which is set out in Schedule 3) applies, or

  (b)

  an institution which would satisfy the requirements for authorisation as a credit institution under that directive (other than an institution to which Article 2.1 of the markets in financial instruments directive would apply) if it had its registered office (or if it does not have a registered office, its head office) in an EEA State;]

• “deposit" has the meaning given by article 5 [F16 except where the definition given in article 60L applies];

• [F17 “designated guidance provider” has the meaning given by section 333E(1) of the Act;]

• [F3 “EEA AIFM” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013;]

• [F18 “electronic money” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Electronic Money Regulations 2011;]

• [F4 “emission allowance auctioning regulation” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances pursuant to the emission allowance trading directive;]

• [F4 “emission allowance trading directive” means Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowances trading within the Community;]

• [F11 “financial instrument” means any instrument listed in Section C of Annex I to the markets in financial instruments directive (the text of which is set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2) read with Chapter VI of the Commission Regulation (the text of which is set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2);]

• [F3 “full-scope UK AIFM” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013;]

• “funeral plan contract" has the meaning given by article 59;

• [F19 “green deal plan” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Energy Act 2011;]

• [F4 “greenhouse gas emissions allowances” mean “allowances” as defined in Article 3(a) of the emission allowance trading directive;]

• [F5 “hire-purchase agreement” has the meaning given by article 60L;]

• [F5 “hirer” is to be read with the definition of “consumer hire agreement” in article 60N;]

• [F11 “home Member State”, in relation to an investment firm, has the meaning given by Article 4.1.20 of the markets in financial instruments directive, and in relation to a credit institution, has the meaning given by [F20 Article 4(1)(43) of the capital requirements regulation] [F21 , and, in relation to a mortgage intermediary, has the meaning given by Article 4(19) of the mortgages directive];]

• [F22 “home purchase provider” has the meaning given by article 63F(3);]

• [F22 “home purchaser” has the meaning given by article 63F(3);]

• “instrument" includes any record whether or not in the form of a document;

• [F11 “investment firm” means a person whose regular occupation or business is the provision or performance of investment services and activities on a professional basis but does not include—

  (a)

  a person to whom the markets in financial instruments directive does not apply by virtue of Article 2 of that directive (the text of which is set out in Schedule 3);

  (b)

  a person whose home Member State is an EEA State other than the United Kingdom and to whom, by reason of the fact that the State has given effect to Article 3 of that directive, that directive does not apply by virtue of that Article;

  (c)

  a person who does not have a home Member State and to whom (if he had his registered office in an EEA State, or, being a person other than a body corporate or a body corporate not having a registered office, if he had his head office in an EEA State) the markets in financial instruments directive would not apply by virtue of Article 2 of that directive;]

• [F23 “investment services and activities” means—

  (a)

  any service provided to third parties listed in Section A of Annex 1 to the markets in financial instruments directive (the text of which is set out in Part 3 of Schedule 2) read with Article 52 of Commission Directive 2006/73/EC of 10 August 2006 (the text of which is set out in Part 4 of Schedule 2), including the reception, transmission or submission of a bid by an investment firm or credit institution on any auction platform, in relation to any financial instrument; or

  (b)

  any activity listed in Section A of Annex 1 to that directive, in relation to any financial instrument;]

• “joint enterprise" means an enterprise into which two or more persons (“the participators") enter for commercial purposes related to a business or businesses (other than the business of engaging in a regulated activity) carried on by them; and, where a participator is a member of a group, each other member of the group is also to be regarded as a participator in the enterprise;

• [F5 “lender”—

  (c)

  in relation to a credit agreement other than a regulated mortgage contract [F24 or] [F24 ,] an article 36H agreement (within the meaning given by article 36H) [F25 or an agreement that is a green deal plan], has the meaning given by article 60L;

  (d)

  in relation to an article 36H agreement (within the meaning given by that article) other than a regulated mortgage contract, [F26 has the meaning given by article 36H];]

  (e)

  [F27 in relation to a credit agreement that is a green deal plan, has the meaning given by article 60LB;]

• “local authority" means—

  (a)

  M1 in England and Wales, a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1972 , the Greater London Authority, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

  (b)

  M2 in Scotland, a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 ;

  (c)

  M3 in Northern Ireland, a district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 ;

• [F28 “management company” has the meaning given by Article 2.1(b) of the UCITS directive;]

• “managing agent" means a person who is permitted by the Council of Lloyd’s in the conduct of his business as an underwriting agent to perform for a member of Lloyd’s one or more of the following functions—

  (a)

  underwriting contracts of insurance at Lloyd’s;

  (b)

  reinsuring such contracts in whole or in part;

  (c)

  paying claims on such contracts;

• [F11 “market operator” means a market operator within the meaning of Article 4.1.13 of the markets in financial instruments directive, or a person who would be a market operator if he had his registered office, or if he does not have a registered office his head office, in an EEA State, but does not include—

  (a)

  a person to whom the markets in financial instruments directive does not apply by virtue of Article 2 of that directive (the text of which is set out in Schedule 3);

  (b)

  a person who does not have a home Member State to whom (if he had his registered office, or if he does not have a registered office his head office, in an EEA State) the markets in financial instruments directive would not apply by virtue of Article 2 of that directive;]

• [F11 “multilateral trading facility” means—

  (a)

  a multilateral trading facility (within the meaning of Article 4.1.15 of the markets in financial instruments directive) operated by an investment firm, a credit institution or a market operator, or

  (b)

  a facility which—

  (i)

  is operated by an investment firm, a credit institution or market operator which does not have a home Member State, and

  (ii)

  if its operator had a home Member State, would be a multilateral trading facility within the meaning of Article 4.1.15 of the markets in financial instruments directive;]

• [F29 “occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 but with paragraph (b) of the definition omitted;]

• [F4 “operator” has the same meaning as in the emission allowance trading directive;]

• “overseas person" means a person who—

  (a)

  carries on activities of the kind specified by any of articles 14, 21, 25, [F30 25A,] [F31 25B, 25C,] [F32 25D,] [F33 25E,] 37 [F34 , 39A] 40, 45, [F35 51ZA, 51ZB, 51ZC, 51ZD, 51ZE], 52 [F36 , 53, 53A] [F37 , 53B, 53C, [F38 53D,] 61, 63B [F39 , 63F and 63J]] or, so far as relevant to any of those articles, article 64 (or activities of a kind which would be so specified but for the exclusion in article 72); but

  (b)

  does not carry on any such activities, or offer to do so, from a permanent place of business maintained by him in the United Kingdom;

• [F5 “owner”, in relation to a hire purchase agreement, has the meaning given by article 60N;]

• “pension fund management contract" means a contract to manage the investments of pension funds (other than funds solely for the benefit of the officers or employees of the person effecting or carrying out the contract and their dependants or, in the case of a company, partly for the benefit of officers and employees and their dependants of its subsidiary or holding company or a subsidiary of its holding company); and for the purposes of this definition, “subsidiary" and “holding company" are to be construed in accordance with [F40 section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006];

• [F41 “the person’s firm”, in relation to a person acting as an insolvency practitioner or in reasonable contemplation of that person’s appointment as an insolvency practitioner, means—

  (a)

  the person’s employer;

  (b)

  where the person is a partner in a partnership other than a limited liability partnership, that partnership;

  (c)

  where the person is a member of a limited liability partnership, that partnership;]

• [F42 “personal pension scheme” means a scheme or arrangement which is not an occupational pension scheme or a stakeholder pension scheme and which is comprised in one or more instruments or agreements, having or capable of having effect so as to provide benefits to or in respect of people—

  (a)

  on retirement,

  (b)

  on having reached a particular age, or

  (c)

  on termination of service in an employment;]

• [F43 “plan provider” has the meaning given by paragraph (3) of article 63B, read with paragraphs (7) and (8) of that article;]

• “property" includes currency of the United Kingdom or any other country or territory;

• “qualifying contract of insurance" means a contract of long-term insurance which is not—

  (a)

  a reinsurance contract; nor

  (b)

  a contract in respect of which the following conditions are met—

  (i)

  the benefits under the contract are payable only on death or in respect of incapacity due to injury, sickness or infirmity;

  (ii)

  F44 ...

  (iii)

  the contract has no surrender value, or the consideration consists of a single premium and the surrender value does not exceed that premium; and

  (iv)

  the contract makes no provision for its conversion or extension in a manner which would result in it ceasing to comply with any of the above conditions;

• [F4 “reception”, “transmission” and “submission” have the same meaning in relation to a bid at an auction for an investment of the kind specified in article 82A as in the emission allowance auctioning regulation;]

• [F5 “regulated consumer hire agreement” has the meaning given by article 60N;]

• [F5 “regulated credit agreement” has the meaning given by article 60B;]

• [F45 “regulated home purchase plan” has the meaning given by article 63F(3);]

• [F45 “regulated home reversion plan” has the meaning given by article 63B(3);]

• “regulated mortgage contract" has the meaning given by article 61(3);

• [F46 “regulated sale and rent back agreement” has the meaning given by article 63J(3);]

• [F47 “relevant investment” means—

  (a)

  rights under a qualifying contract of insurance;

  (b)

  rights under any other contract of insurance;

  (c)

  any investment of the kind specified by any of articles 83, 84, 85 and 87; or

  (d)

  any investment of the kind specified by article 89 so far as relevant to an investment falling within (a) or (c);]

• [F5 “relevant recipient of credit” has the meaning given by article 60L;]

• [F5 “restricted-use credit agreement” has the meaning given in article 60L;]

• [F48 “reversion seller” has the meaning given by article 63B(3);]

• “security" means (except where the context otherwise requires) any investment of the kind specified by any of articles 76 to 82 or, so far as relevant to any such investment, article 89;

• “selling", in relation to any investment, includes disposing of the investment for valuable consideration, and for these purposes “disposing" includes—

  (a)

  in the case of an investment consisting of rights under a contract—

  (i)

  surrendering, assigning or converting those rights; or

  (ii)

  assuming the corresponding liabilities under the contract;

  (b)

  in the case of an investment consisting of rights under other arrangements, assuming the corresponding liabilities under the arrangements; and

  (c)

  in the case of any other investment, issuing or creating the investment or granting the rights or interests of which it consists;

• [F3 “small registered UK AIFM” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013;]

• “stakeholder pension scheme" has the meaning given by section 1 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 [F49 in relation to Great Britain and has the meaning given by article 3 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 in relation to Northern Ireland];

• “syndicate" means one or more persons, to whom a particular syndicate number has been assigned by or under the authority of the Council of Lloyd’s, carrying out or effecting contracts of insurance written at Lloyd’s;

• [F50 “trade repository” means a person registered with ESMA under Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories or a person recognised by ESMA under Article 77 of that Regulation;]

• [F3 “UCITS” has the meaning given by Article 1.2 of the UCITS directive;]

• [F3 “UK AIF” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013;]

• “voting shares", in relation to a body corporate, means shares carrying voting rights attributable to share capital which are exercisable in all circumstances at any general meeting of that body corporate.

(2) For the purposes of this Order, a transaction is entered into through a person if he enters into it as agent or arranges, in a manner constituting the carrying on of an activity of the kind specified by article 25(1) [F51 , 25A(1), 25B(1) [F52 , 25C(1) or 25E(1)]], for it to be entered into by another person as agent or principal.

(3) For the purposes of this Order, a contract of insurance is to be treated as falling within Part II of Schedule 1, notwithstanding the fact that it contains related and subsidiary provisions such that it might also be regarded as falling within Part I of that Schedule, if its principal object is that of a contract falling within Part II and it is effected or carried out by an authorised person who has permission to effect or carry out contracts falling within paragraph I of Part II of Schedule 1.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (14.2.2014 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/366), art. 1(3)(4), 2(2)(a)

F2 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (1.7.2009 for specified purposes, 30.6.2010 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1342), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(a)

F3 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (22.7.2013) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1773), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b)

F4 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (20.7.2012) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1906), arts. 1, 2(2)(b)

F5 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (26.7.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1881), art. 1(2)(6), 3(1)

F6 Word in art. 3(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (15.7.2014) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1850), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(a)(i) (with art. 1(3))

F7 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (15.7.2014) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1850), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(a)(ii) (with art. 1(3))

F8 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (17.3.2016) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/392), art. 1(2)(3)(a), 2(2)(a) (with Pt. 5)

F9 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (15.7.2014) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1850), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(b) (with art. 1(3))

F10 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2114), reg. 1, Sch. 16 para. 1(2)

F11 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (1.4.2007 for specified purposes, 1.11.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3384), arts. 1(2), 3(b)

F12 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (1.1.2016) by The Solvency 2 Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/575), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(a)

F13 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (1.1.2016) by The Solvency 2 Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/575), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(b)

F14 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (15.7.2014) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1850), arts. 1(2), 3(3) (with art. 1(3))

F15 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (1.1.2014) by The Capital Requirements Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3115), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 51(2)(a)

F16 Words in art. 3 inserted (26.7.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1881), art. 1(2)(6), 3(2)

F17 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (26.3.2015) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Pensions Guidance Exclusions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/489), arts. 1, 2(2)

F18 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (9.2.2011 for specified purposes, 30.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by The Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/99), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 12(a)(ii) (with reg. 3)

F19 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (15.7.2014) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1850), arts. 1(2), 3(4) (with art. 1(3))

F20 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (1.1.2014) by The Capital Requirements Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3115), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 51(2)(b)

F21 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (20.4.2015 for specified purposes, 21.12.2015 for specified purposes, 21.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by The Mortgage Credit Directive Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/910), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 4(2) (with Pt. 4)

F22 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (6.11.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2383), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(a)

F23 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (20.7.2012) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1906), arts. 1, 2(2)(a)

F24 Word in art. 3(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (15.7.2014) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1850), arts. 1(2), 3(5)(a)(i) (with art. 1(3))

F25 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (15.7.2014) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1850), arts. 1(2), 3(5)(a)(ii) (with art. 1(3))

F26 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (17.3.2016) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/392), art. 1(2)(3)(a), 2(2)(b) (with Pt. 5)

F27 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (15.7.2014) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1850), arts. 1(2), 3(5)(b) (with art. 1(3))

F28 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (1.7.2011) by The Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1613), reg. 1, Sch. para. 1(2)

F29 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1969), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a)

F30 Word in art. 3(1) inserted (31.10.2004) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 1) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1475), arts. 1(3), 3(a)

F31 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (6.11.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2383), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(b)(i)

F32 Word in art. 3(1) inserted (1.4.2007 for specified purposes, 1.11.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3384), arts. 1(2), 3(a)

F33 Word in art. 3(1) inserted (1.7.2009 for specified purposes, 30.6.2010 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1342), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(c)(i)

F34 Word in art. 3(1) inserted (31.10.2004 for specified purposes, 14.1.2005 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1476), arts. 1(3), 3(1)(a)

F35 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (22.7.2013) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1773), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(a)

F36 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (31.10.2004) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 1) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1475), arts. 1(3), 3(b)

F37 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (6.11.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2383), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(b)(ii)

F38 Word in art. 3(1) inserted (1.7.2009 for specified purposes, 30.6.2010 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1342), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(c)(ii)

F39 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (1.7.2009 for specified purposes, 30.6.2010 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1342), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(c)(iii)

F40 Words in art. 3(1) substituted (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), arts. 1(2), 13(2)

F41 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (14.2.2014 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/366), art. 1(3)(4), 2(2)(b)

F42 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (1.10.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1969), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(b)

F43 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (6.11.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2383), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(c)

F44 Words in art. 3(1) omitted (6.6.2007) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1339), arts. 1, 3

F45 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (6.11.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2383), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(d)

F46 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (1.7.2009 for specified purposes, 30.6.2010 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1342), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(b)

F47 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (31.10.2004 for specified purposes, 14.1.2005 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1476), arts. 1(3), 3(1)(b)

F48 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (6.11.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2383), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(e)

F49 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (6.4.2005) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/593), arts. 1, 2(2)(b)

F50 Words in art. 3(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/504), regs. 1(2), 33(2) (with regs. 52-58)

F51 Words in art. 3(2) inserted (6.11.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2383), arts. 1(2), 3(2)

F52 Words in art. 3(2) substituted (1.7.2009 for specified purposes, 30.6.2010 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1342), arts. 1(2), 3(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Art. 3 applied (21.5.2003) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1181), arts. 1, 3(2)(a)

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M1 1972 c. 70. The definition of “local authority" in section 270 of the 1972 Act has been amended by Sch. 17 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51); and by section 1(5) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19).

M2 1973 c. 65. The definition of “local authority" in section 235 of the 1973 Act was substituted by para. 92(66) of Sch. 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39).

M3 1972 c. 9 (N.I.).