2006 No. 2975
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) (Modification of Powers) Regulations 2006
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Treasury are a government department designatedM1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972M2 in relation to investment firms and to the provision of investment services and to the operation of regulated markets and clearing or settlement systems and in relation to credit institutions;
The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of that Act:C1
S.I. 1993/2661 and 2001/3495.
1972 c.68; by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) made by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created by or arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183). For the decision of the EEA Joint Committee in relation to Directive 2004/39/EC, see Decision No 65/2005 of 29th April 2005 (OJ No L 239, 15.9.2005, p.50).
Regulations: power to modify conferred (11.7.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), ss. 3, 86(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2; S.I. 2023/779, reg. 2(d)