The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 488

Financial Services And Markets

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2017

Made

28th March 2017

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 21(5), (9), (10) and (15), 22(1) and (5), 137D(1)(b), 419 and 428(3) of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(1).

In the opinion of the Treasury one of the effects of the following Order is that an activity which is not a regulated activity (within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) will become a regulated activity.

In accordance with sections 137E(1)(a) and 429(1), (3) and (4) of, and paragraph 26(2) of Schedule 2 to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

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2000 c.8. Sections 137D and 137E were inserted by section 24 of the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21). Paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 was amended, and paragraph 26 was substituted, by section 8 of the Financial Services Act 2012.