Statutory Instruments
Financial Services And Markets
Made
12th December 2014
Laid before Parliament
15th December 2014
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to financial services.
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2)(2) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51), regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed in Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).