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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Section 261C is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 21 November 2024. 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.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
- Act power to apply conferred (temp. until 15.5.2039) by 2014 c. 21 s. 79(4)
- Act power to apply conferred (temp. until 15.5.2039) by 2014 c. 21 s. 81(10)
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- Pt. 20C inserted by 2016 c. 14 s. 30(3)
- s. 31(1)(aa) inserted by 2021 c. 22 s. 22(2)
- s. 32A inserted by 2021 c. 22 s. 22(3)
- s. 32A power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2021 c. 22 s. 23(10)
- s. 36A and cross-heading inserted by 2021 c. 22 s. 22(4)
- s. 71J and cross-heading inserted by 2021 c. 22 Sch. 8 para. 4
- s. 86(9A) inserted by S.I. 2019/707 reg. 8(9) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 8(6)-(10) omitted (6.9.2019) by virtue of S.I. 2019/1234, regs. 1(2), 13(c))
- s. 87A(11) inserted by S.I. 2019/707 reg. 10(5) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 10(4)(5) omitted (6.9.2019) by virtue of S.I. 2019/1234, regs. 1(2), 15(b))
- s. 124(10)(c)(i) word omitted by S.I. 2019/310 reg. 5(11)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(11)(b) omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1385, regs. 1(4), 51(2)(e))
- s. 129(7)(a) word inserted by S.I. 2019/310 reg. 5(12)(a)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(12)(a)(b) omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1385, regs. 1(4), 51(2)(f))
- s. 129(7)(c) omitted and word by S.I. 2019/310 reg. 5(12)(a)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 5(12)(a)(b) omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1385, regs. 1(4), 51(2)(f))
- s. 214(5A) inserted by 2021 c. 22 Sch. 8 para. 8
- s. 234I(9) inserted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 29 para. 3(2)
- s. 234J(6) inserted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 29 para. 3(3)
- s. 367A inserted by 2021 c. 22 Sch. 8 para. 10
- s. 395(13)(h)(i) inserted by 2021 c. 22 Sch. 8 para. 12(2)(c)
- s. 395(13)(bc)-(be) word inserted by 2021 c. 22 Sch. 8 para. 12(2)(b)
- s. 395(14) inserted by 2021 c. 22 Sch. 8 para. 12(3)
- s. 398(8) applied by S.I. 2024/102 reg. 34(7)reg. 34(8)(f)
- s. 427A(3) words substituted by 2002 c. 40 Sch. 17 para. 59 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 does not contain a section 427A.)
- Sch. 1ZA para. 32(c) and word inserted by 2021 c. 22 Sch. 8 para. 18
- Sch. 2A para. 19(2)(b)(iia) inserted by 2023 c. 29 Sch. 10 para. 19(a)
- Sch. 2A 2B power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2021 c. 22 s. 23(10)
- Sch. 2A power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2021 c. 22 s. 23(10)
- Sch. 2B inserted by 2021 c. 22 Sch. 7
- Sch. 2B power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2021 c. 22 s. 23(10)
- Sch. 6 para. 4A(8) inserted by S.I. 2024/1083 reg. 10(b)
- Sch. 11A para. 5(3) inserted by S.I. 2019/707 reg. 38(5)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 38(2)-(5)(7)(8) omitted (6.9.2019) by virtue of S.I. 2019/1234, regs. 1(2), 20)
- Sch. 17A para. 12 words substituted by S.I. 2019/662 reg. 13(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 13(1) substituted (25.6.2020) by S.I. 2020/646, regs. 1(2)(c), 11(3))
[F1261C.Applications for authorisation of contractual schemesU.K.
This section has no associated Explanatory Notes
[F2(1)The operator and depositary, or proposed operator and depositary, of a contractual scheme may apply to the FCA for—
(a)an order declaring the scheme to be an authorised contractual scheme;
(b)an order declaring the scheme to be an authorised money market fund.]
(2)[F3An application under subsection (1)(a)]—
(a)must be made in such manner as the FCA may direct;
(b)must state the name and the registered office, or if it does not have a registered office, the head office, of the operator or proposed operator and of the depositary or proposed depositary; and
(c)in the case of a partnership scheme, must be accompanied by a copy of the certificate of registration as a limited partnership under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907.
[F4(2A)An application under subsection (1)(b) must—
(a)be made in such a manner as the FCA may direct, and
(b)contain or be accompanied by such information as the FCA may reasonably require for the purpose of determining the application.]
(3)At any time after receiving an application and before determining it, the FCA may require the applicants to provide it with such further information as it reasonably considers necessary to enable it to determine the application.
(4)Different directions may be given, and different requirements imposed, in relation to different applications.
(5)The FCA may require applicants to present information which they are required to give under this section in such form, or to verify it in such a way, as the FCA may direct.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 17 Ch. 3A inserted (6.6.2013) by The Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1388), regs. 1, 3(12) (with reg. 24)
F2S. 261C(1) substituted (28.6.2018 for specified purposes, 21.7.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Money Market Funds Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/698), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(a)
F3Words in s. 261C(2) substituted (28.6.2018 for specified purposes, 21.7.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Money Market Funds Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/698), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(b)
F4S. 261C(2A) inserted (28.6.2018 for specified purposes, 21.7.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Money Market Funds Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/698), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(c)
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