Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 906

Financial Services And Markets

The Credit Rating Agencies Regulations 2010

Made

22nd March 2010

Laid before Parliament

23rd March 2010

Coming into force

7th June 2010

The Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 in relation to—

(a)

credit ratings and credit rating agencies M2;

(b)

credit and financial institutions and the taking of deposits or other repayable funds from the public M3; and

(c)

measures relating to investment firms and to the provision of investment services M4.

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and section 349(1)(b) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 M5, make the following Regulations:

Marginal Citations

M11972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).