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[F1PART 1U.K.SPECIFIED PERSONS
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 substituted (1.7.2009) by virtue of The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Schedule 2) (No. 2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1208), art. 2, Sch.
(A) UNITED KINGDOMU.K.
1U.K.The Secretary of State.
2U.K.The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment for Northern Ireland.
3U.K.The Treasury.
4U.K.The Bank of England.
[F25U.K.The Financial Conduct Authority.]
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 2 Pt 1 Section (A) paras. 5, 5A substituted for Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Section (A) para. 5 (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 18 para. 123(2) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.
6U.K.The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
7U.K.The Lord Advocate.
8U.K.The Director of Public Prosecutions.
9U.K.The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
10U.K.A constable.
11U.K.A procurator fiscal.
12U.K.The Scottish Ministers.
(B) JERSEYU.K.
1U.K.The Minister for Economic Development.
2U.K.The Minister for Treasury and Resources.
3U.K.The Jersey Financial Services Commission.
4U.K.The Comptroller of Income Tax.
5U.K.The Agent of the Impôts.
6U.K.Her Majesty's Attorney General for Jersey.
7U.K.The Viscount.
8U.K.A police officer (within the meaning of the Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954: see Part 1 of the Schedule to that Law).
(C) GUERNSEYU.K.
1U.K.The Commerce and Employment Department.
2U.K.The Treasury and Resources Department.
3U.K.The Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
4U.K.The Director of Income Tax.
5U.K.The Chief Officer of Customs and Excise.
6U.K.Her Majesty's Procureur.
7U.K.A police officer (within the meaning of the Companies (Guernsey) Law 2008: see section 532 of that Law).
(D) ISLE OF MANU.K.
1(1)The members and officers of each of the Departments constituted by section 1(1) of the Government Departments Act 1987 (an Act of Tynwald: c. 13).U.K.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “ member ” has the same meaning as it has by virtue of section 7(1) of that Act.
2U.K.The Treasury of the Isle of Man.
3U.K.The Financial Supervision Commission of the Isle of Man.
4U.K.Her Majesty's Attorney General of the Isle of Man.
5U.K.A constable (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1976 (an Act of Tynwald: c. 11): see section 3 of that Act).]
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