The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001 No. 2188

PART V U.K. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Interpretation U.K.

13.  In this Part—

• “pre-commencement information" means information which is subject to restrictions (with or without qualifications or exceptions) on disclosure by virtue of a pre-commencement provision;

• “pre-commencement provision" means—

  (a)

  any provision in—

  (i)

  Schedule 2B to the Insurance Companies Act 1982 M1 ;

  (ii)

  Part VIII of the Financial Services Act 1986 M2 ;

  (iii)

  Part V of the Banking Act 1987 M3 ; or

  (iv)

  SRO rules;

  which imposes restrictions on the disclosure of information, or creates exceptions or qualifications to such restrictions; or

  (b)

  regulation 48 of the Investment Services Regulations 1995 M4 ;

• “recognised self-regulating organisation" means a body which immediately before the coming into force of section 348 of the Act was a recognised self-regulating organisation within the meaning of section 8(1) of the Financial Services Act 1986, or a recognised self-regulating organisation for friendly societies within the meaning of Schedule 11 to that Act;

• “SRO rules" means the rules of a recognised self-regulating organisation;

• “transitional information" means information which immediately before the coming into force of section 19 of the Act was subject to restrictions on disclosure by virtue of a pre-commencement provision.

Marginal Citations

M1 1982 c. 50.

M2 1986 c. 60.

M3 1987 c. 22.

M4 S.I. 1995/3275. Regulation 48 was amended by Regulation 11 of S.I. 1996/1669.