In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

• “commencement” means the beginning of the day on which section 19 comes into force;

• “an interim permission” means a Part IV permission conferred by article 6 or 7(2);

• “the relevant date” means—

  1. a

     commencement, in respect of—

     1. i

        newly regulated activities which are regulated activities immediately after commencement; and

     2. ii

        overseas regulated activity;

  2. b

     1 January 2002 in respect of newly regulated activities which are not regulated activities before that date.

In this Order—

• “the Banking Act” means the Banking Act 19872;

• “the Building Societies Act” means the Building Societies Act 19863;

• “the Financial Services Act” means the Financial Services Act 19864;

• “the Friendly Societies Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 19925;

• “the Insurance Companies Act” means the Insurance Companies Act 19826;

• “the 2BCD Regulations” means the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 19927;

• “the ISD Regulations” means the Investment Services Regulations 19958;

• “the 3ID Regulations” means the Insurance Companies (Third Insurance Directives) Regulations 19949;

• “the Authorised Persons Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Authorised Persons etc.) Order 200110;

• “the Regulated Activities Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 200111.

Any reference in this Order to a section or Part is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to that section or Part of the Act.