Citation, commencement and interpretationI11

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Payments to Governments and Miscellaneous Provisions Regulations 2014.

2

These Regulations come into force as follows—

a

regulations 2, 3(1), 4, 5(1) and (3) and 6 come into force on 17thDecember 2014;

b

regulation 5(2) comes into force—

i

for the purposes of sections 73A(5) and 84(4) of the Act, on 12th March 2015; and

ii

for all remaining purposes, on 1st January 2016;

c

regulation 3(2) comes into force on 1st January 2016.

3

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 20003.