http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/21/section/93/2017-03-01Financial Services Act 2012An Act to amend the Bank of England Act 1998, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Banking Act 2009; to make other provision about financial services and markets; to make provision about the exercise of certain statutory functions relating to building societies, friendly societies and other mutual societies; to amend section 785 of the Companies Act 2006; to make provision enabling the Director of Savings to provide services to other public bodies; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-08-12Expert Participation2017-03-01 Financial Services Act 2012ActWater Act 2014s. 79(4)s. 94(3)Financial Services Act 2012ActWater Act 2014s. 81(10)s. 94(3) PART 7 931This section has effect for the interpretation of this Part.2“Investment” includes any asset, right or interest.3“Relevant agreement” means an agreement—athe entering into or performance of which by either party constitutes an activity of a kind specified in an order made by the Treasury, andbwhich relates to a relevant investment.4“Relevant benchmark” means a benchmark of a kind specified in an order made by the Treasury.5“Relevant investment” means an investment of a kind specified in an order made by the Treasury.6Schedule 2 to FSMA 2000 (except paragraphs 25 and 26) applies for the purposes of subsections (3) and (5) with references to section 22 of that Act being read as references to each of those subsections.7Nothing in Schedule 2 to FSMA 2000, as applied by subsection (6), limits the power conferred by subsection (3) or (5).8“Price stabilising rules” and “control of information rules” have the same meaning as in FSMA 2000.8A“Market abuse regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC.8BReferences to Article 5 of the market abuse regulation include any directly applicable EU regulation made under that Article.9In this section “benchmark” has the meaning given in section 22(6) of FSMA 2000.S. 93 in force at 24.1.2013 by S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1S. 93(8A)(8B) inserted (3.7.2016) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/680), regs. 1, 15(5)