The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005

Interpretation U.K.

28.  In this Schedule—

“buying” includes acquiring for valuable consideration;

[F1 “Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation 1287/2006 of 10 August 2006;]

“contract of insurance” has the meaning given in the Regulated Activities Order;

“contractually based investment” means—

(a)

rights under a qualifying contract of insurance;

(b)

any investment of the kind specified by any of paragraphs 21, 22, 23 and 25;

(c)

any investment of the kind specified by paragraph 27 so far as relevant to an investment falling within (a) or (b);

[F1 “credit institution” has the meaning given in the Regulated Activities Order;]

[F2 “home purchase provider” and “home purchaser” have the meanings given in article 63F(3) of the Regulated Activities Order;]

[F1 “investment firm” has the meaning given in the Regulated Activities Order;

“investment services and activities” has the meaning given in the Regulated Activities Order;]

[F1 “management company” has the meaning given in the Regulated Activities Order;

“market operator” has the meaning given in the Regulated Activities Order;

“MiFID instrument” has the meaning given in article 25D(2) of the Regulated Activities Order;

“multilateral trading facility” has the meaning given in the Regulated Activities Order;]

[F3 “occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 but with paragraph (b) of the definition omitted;]

[F4 “plan provider” has the meaning given by paragraph (3) of article 63B of the Regulated Activities Order, read with paragraphs (7) and (8) of that article;]

“property” includes currency of the United Kingdom or any other country or territory;

“qualifying funeral plan contract” has the meaning given by paragraph 9;

[F5 “regulated home purchase plan” has the meaning given in article 63F(3) of the Regulated Activities Order;

“regulated home reversion plan” and “reversion seller” have the meanings given in article 63B(3) of the Regulated Activities Order;]

“security” means a controlled investment falling within any of paragraphs 14 to 20 or, so far as relevant to any such investment, paragraph 27;

“selling”, in relation to any investment, includes disposing of the investment for valuable consideration, and for these purposes “disposing” includes—

(a)

in the case of an investment consisting of rights under a contract—

(i)

surrendering, assigning or converting those rights; or

(ii)

assuming the corresponding liabilities under the contract;

(b)

in the case of an investment consisting of rights under other arrangements, assuming the corresponding liabilities under the arrangements; and

(c)

in the case of any other investment, issuing or creating the investment or granting the rights or interests of which it consists;

“syndicate” has the meaning given in the Regulated Activities Order.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 para. 28 inserted (1.4.2007 for specified purposes) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3384), arts. 1(2), 40(6)

F2 Words in Sch. 1 para. 28 inserted (6.11.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2383), arts. 1(2), 35(6)(c)(i)

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 28 substituted (6.4.2007) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1969), arts. 1(2)(b), 12(4)

F4 Words in Sch. 1 para. 28 inserted (6.11.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2383), arts. 1(2), 35(6)(c)(ii)

F5 Words in Sch. 1 para. 28 inserted (6.11.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2383), arts. 1(2), 35(6)(c)(iii)