Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Section 412 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 10 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)No contract to which this section applies is void or unenforceable because of—
(a)F1. . . Article 170 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985; or
(b)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)This section applies to a contract if—
(a)it is entered into by either or each party by way of business;
(b)the entering into or performance of it by either party constitutes an activity of a specified kind or one which falls within a specified class of activity; and
(c)it relates to an investment of a specified kind or one which falls within a specified class of investment.
(3)Part II of Schedule 2 applies for the purposes of subsection (2)(c), with the references to section 22 being read as references to that subsection.
(4)Nothing in Part II of Schedule 2, as applied by subsection (3), limits the power conferred by subsection (2)(c).
(5)“Investment” includes any asset, right or interest.
(6)“Specified” means specified in an order made by the Treasury.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 412(1)(a) repealed (1.9.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 334(1)(e)(i), 356(4)(5), 358(1), Sch. 17 (with ss. 334(2), 352, 354); S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4), Sch. 3B (with Sch. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2007/1157, arts. 3(5), 7-12; S.I. 2007/1527, art. 2(2); S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 3, 6-11, Sch.)
F2S. 412(1)(b) repealed (1.9.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 334(1)(e)(ii), 356(4)(5), 358(1), Sch. 17 (with ss. 334(2), 352, 354); (as amended by S.I. 2007/1157, arts. 3(5), 7-12; S.I. 2007/1527, art. 2(2); S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 3, 6-11, Sch.)
Commencement Information
I1S. 412 wholly in force at 1.12.2001; s. 412 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 431(2); s. 412 in force for certain purposes at 25.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/516, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. 2; s. 412 in force in so far as not already in force at 1.12.2001 by S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)
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