The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Professional Bodies) (Amendment) Order 2006

Made16th January 2006

Laid before Parliament17th January 2006

Coming into force10th February 2006

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 326 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 20001, make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Professional Bodies) (Amendment) Order 2006 and comes into force on 10th February 2006.

Amendment of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Professional Bodies) Order 20012

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Article 2 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Professional Bodies) Order 20012 is amended as follows.

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After paragraph (i) insert—

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the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Dave WattsJoan RyanTwo of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury16th January 2006

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors a designated professional body for the purposes of Part 20 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) (“the Act”). This enables members of the Institution (subject to other conditions set out in section 327 of the Act) to be exempt from the requirement to obtain permission from the Financial Services Authority in order to carry out certain regulated activities (as provided for in accordance with section 22 of the Act).