Statutory Instruments
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS
Made
16th January 2006
Laid before Parliament
17th January 2006
Coming into force
10th February 2006
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 326 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(1), make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Professional Bodies) (Amendment) Order 2006 and comes into force on 10th February 2006.
2.—(1) Article 2 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Professional Bodies) Order 2001(2) is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph (i) insert—
“;
the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors”.
Dave Watts
Joan Ryan
Two of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury
16th January 2006
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors a designated professional body for the purposes of Part 20 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) (“the Act”). This enables members of the Institution (subject to other conditions set out in section 327 of the Act) to be exempt from the requirement to obtain permission from the Financial Services Authority in order to carry out certain regulated activities (as provided for in accordance with section 22 of the Act).