The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

9.  In section 539 (minor definitions), in the definition of “MiFID investment firm”M1 —

(a) for “Article 4.1.1 of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments,” substitute “ Article 2(1A) of Regulation (EU) No. 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No. 648/2012 M2 ”;

(b) in paragraph (a), for “to which that Directive does not apply by virtue of Article 2 of that Directive” substitute “ which is exempted from the definition of “investment firm” by Schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544) M3 ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 The definition of “MiFID investment firm” was inserted by regulation 3(7)(b) of S.I. 2007/2932, and amended by paragraphs 9(5)(a), (b) and (c) of Schedule 4 to S.I. 2017/701 and regulation 3 of S.I. 2018/786.

M2 OJ No. L 173 12.06.2014, p. 84.

M3 S.I. 2001/544.