Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

[F1 191G Interpretation U.K.

(1)  In this Part—

• “acquisition” means the acquisition of control or of an increase in control over a UK authorised person;

• “credit institution” means—

  (a)

  a credit institution authorised under the banking consolidation directive; or

  (b)

  an institution which would satisfy the requirements for authorisation as a credit institution under that directive if it had its registered office (or if it does not have a registered office, its head office) in an EEA State;

• “shares” has the same meaning as in section 422;

• “UK authorised person” means an authorised person who—

  (a)

  is a body incorporated in, or an unincorporated association formed under the law of, any part of the United Kingdom; and

  (b)

  is not a person authorised as a result of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5; and

• “voting power” has the same meaning as in section 422.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a “working day” is a day other than—

(a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or

(b) a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the M1 Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 178-191G and cross-headings substituted (21.3.2009) for ss. 178-191 and cross-headings by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Controllers) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/534), reg. 3, Sch. 1 (with reg. 8)

Marginal Citations

M1 1971 c.80.