F1SCHEDULE 3Exemptions from the definition of “investment firm”
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This paragraph applies if—
a
P's main business is not—
i
the provision of investment services;
ii
banking activities requiring permission under Part 4A of the Act (or banking activities which would require such permission if they were carried on in the United Kingdom); or
iii
acting as a market-maker in relation to commodity derivatives;
b
P does not apply a high-frequency algorithmic trading technique; and
c
P notifies the FCA under regulation 47 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017 that P makes use of this exemption and reports to the FCA, upon request, the basis on which P considers that P's activity under points (i) and (ii) is ancillary to P's main business.
Sch. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1403), regs. 1(3), 4(8) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1233, regs. 1(3), 3 and S.I. 2019/710, regs. 1(2), 16(2)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)