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2.—(1) In this Order—
“the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 M1;
“body corporate” includes a Scottish partnership and “a body incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom” is to be interpreted accordingly;
“frozen funds” has the meaning in article 4(1);
“funds” means financial assets and economic benefits of any kind, including (but not limited to)—
gold, cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments;
deposits with relevant institutions or other persons, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;
publicly and privately traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivative products;
interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets;
credit, rights of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments;
letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale; and
documents providing evidence of an interest in funds or financial resources.
(2) In this Order “relevant institution” means—
(a)a person who has permission under Part 4A of the 2000 Act M2 (permission to carry on regulated activities); F1...
F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) The definition of “relevant institution” in paragraph (2) must be read with—
(a)section 22 M3 of the 2000 Act (regulated activities),
(b)any relevant order under that section M4, and
(c)Schedule 2 M5 to the 2000 Act (regulated activities).
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 2(2)(b) and word omitted (30.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2018/1149, Sch. para. 93(b) (as amended by The Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/36), arts. 1, 13 (with art. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
Commencement Information
I1Art. 2 in force at 19.1.2020, see art. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
M2Part 4A was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012(c.21), section 11(2) and amended by S.I. 2013/504, S.I. 2013/1773, S.I. 2013/1797, S.I. 2013/3115, S.I. 2015/486, S.I. 2015/575, S.I. 2015/910, S.I. 2015/1882, S.I. 2016/225, S.I. 2016/680, S.I. 2016/1239, S.I. 2017/701, S.I. 2017/1064, S.I. 2017/1212, S.I. 2018/135, S.I. 2018/546 and S.I. 2018/698.
M3Section 22 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21), section 7(1); section 27(4) of the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (c.10); and S.I. 2018/135.
M4S.I. 2001/544 as amended, most recently by S.I. 2019/1067 and prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/1403.
M5Schedule 2 was amended by the Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Act 2005 (c.24), section 1, the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 (c.31), section 15, Schedule 2, paragraph 1, the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21), section 7(2) to (5) and section 8, the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (c.10), section 27(1) and (13) and S.I. 2013/1881; it is prospectively amended by S.I. 2018/135.