Amendment of the SFT regulation
6. In Article 2—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)for point (b) substitute—
“(b)management companies, managers and operators of UCITS and UCITS investment companies;”;
(ii)in point (c), for “in accordance with Directive 2011/61/EU” substitute “or registered in accordance with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013(1)”;
(b)in paragraph (2), for point (a) substitute—
“(a)the Bank of England and other United Kingdom bodies charged with, or intervening in, the management of the public debt;”;
(c)in paragraph (3), for “to which a member of the ESCB is a counterparty” substitute—
“to which:
(a)the Bank of England; or
(b)another United Kingdom body charged with, or intervening in, the management of the public debt,
is a counterparty.”;
(d)for paragraph (4) substitute—
“(4) The Treasury may by statutory instrument amend the list set out in paragraph (2) of this Article.”.