2.—(1) 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—
commencement, in respect of—
newly regulated activities which are regulated activities immediately after commencement; and
overseas regulated activity;
1 January 2002 in respect of newly regulated activities which are not regulated activities before that date.
(2) In this Order—
“the Banking Act” means the Banking Act 1987(1);
“the Building Societies Act” means the Building Societies Act 1986(2);
“the Financial Services Act” means the Financial Services Act 1986(3);
“the Friendly Societies Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1992(4);
“the Insurance Companies Act” means the Insurance Companies Act 1982(5);
“the 2BCD Regulations” means the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992(6);
“the ISD Regulations” means the Investment Services Regulations 1995(7);
“the 3ID Regulations” means the Insurance Companies (Third Insurance Directives) Regulations 1994(8);
“the Authorised Persons Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Authorised Persons etc.) Order 2001(9);
“the Regulated Activities Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001(10).
(3) 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.
S.I. 1992/3218 amended by S.I. 1993/3225, S.I. 1995/1217, S.I. 1995/1442, S.I. 1996/1669, S.I. 1999/2094 and S.I. 2000/2952.
S.I. 1995/3275 amended by the Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11) and by S.I. 1996/1669 and S.I. 2000/2952.
S.I. 1994/1696.
S.I. 2001/2636.
S.I. 2001/544.