Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 1256
Financial Services And Markets
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Benchmarks) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Made
11th September 2019
Laid before Parliament
13th September 2019
Coming into force
14th October 2019
The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1).
The Treasury are designated(2) in relation to financial services for the purposes of that section of that Act.
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 at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183). The European Communities Act 1972 is repealed with effect from exit day by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16).