Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (PRA-regulated Activities) Order 2013.

(2)

This Order comes into force as follows—

(a)

articles 1, 2, 8 and 9 come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made;

(b)

articles 3 and 4 come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made for the purpose of making designations under article 3 which are to take effect on or after 1st April 2013;

(c)

otherwise, this Order comes into force on 1st April 2013.

(3)

In this Order —

“the Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

“dealing in investments as principal” means an activity of the kind specified by article 14(1) of the Regulated Activities Order M1;

“the Regulated Activities Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 M2.