1.  This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2003 and comes into force on 1st March 2003.

2.  In Part I of the Schedule to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) Order 2001(1) (persons exempt in respect of any regulated activity other than insurance business), after paragraph 15, insert—

“15A.   Bank for International Settlements.”.

Jim Fitzpatrick

Philip Woolas

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

14th January 2003