1999 No. 2979

FINANCIAL SERVICES

The Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality) Regulations 1999

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Treasury, being a government department designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to measures—

  1. i

    relating to investment firms and to the provision of investment services and to the operation of regulated markets and clearing or settlement systems;

  2. ii

    relating to payment systems; and

  3. ii

    relating to collateral security provided to the central banks of member States or to the European Central Bank;

in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby make the following Regulations—