Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 655

Financial Services And Markets

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2013

Made

13th March 2013

Coming into force

2nd April 2013

In the opinion of the Treasury, one of the effects of the following Order is that an activity which is not a regulated activity (within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(1)) will become a regulated activity.

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(1A)(2) and (5), and 428(3) of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 make the following Order:

In accordance with paragraph 26 of Schedule 2 to that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(1)

2000 c.8 as amended, most recently by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21). Section 6 inserts sections 1G and 1H, section 11 inserts sections 55A, 55E, 55F, 55H, 55J, 55L and 55Z, section 24 inserts sections 138I and 139D and section 6 and Schedule 3 insert Schedule 1ZA.

(2)

Section 22(1A) is inserted by section 7 of the Financial Services Act 2012.