The Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to financial services.
A draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 2A(3)(a) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 , section 429(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and sections 784(3) and 1290 of the Companies Act 2006 .
The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 , and (in relation to Part 2 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations) sections 183, 188, 213(10), 214(5), 224(4), 262, 349 and 428(3) of, and paragraphs 13(1)(b), 14(1)(b), 17(b) and 22 of Schedule 3 to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and sections 784 and 785 of the Companies Act 2006 .]