The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 90

Financial Services And Markets

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2021

Made

27th January 2021

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 21(9), (10) and (15), 22(1) and (5), 39(1), 235(5), 417(1)(1), 426, 427 and 428(3) of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(2).

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 given in section 22 of that Act) will become a regulated activity.

Accordingly, a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to paragraph 26(1) and (2)(3) of Schedule 2 to that Act.

(1)

See the definition of “prescribed”.

(2)

2000 c.8. Paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 8 of the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21) and section 27 of the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (c.10).

(3)

Paragraph 26 was substituted by section 8 of the Financial Services Act 2012 and paragraph 26(1) was amended by section 27 of the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018.