2017 No. 488 FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS

1 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 2017 No. 488. FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS . The FINANCIAL SERVICES and MARKETS Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2017 . Made - - - - 28th March 2017 . Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2). The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 21(5), (9), (10) and (15), 22(1) and (5), 137D(1)(b), 419 and 428(3) of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to, the FINANCIAL SERVICES and MARKETS Act 2000(a). 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 of the FINANCIAL SERVICES and MARKETS Act 2000) will become a regulated activity.

2 In accordance with sections 137E(1)(a) and 429(1), (3) and (4) of, and paragraph 26(2) of Schedule 2 to, the FINANCIAL SERVICES and MARKETS Act 2000, a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the FINANCIAL SERVICES and MARKETS Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2017 . (2) This Order comes into force . (a) on 1st April 2017 for the purposes of . (i) enabling applications to be made for a Part 4A permission, for a variation of a Part 4A permission or for an approval under section 59 of the Act(b), or (ii) enabling such applications to be determined, in relation to any specified activity or any specified investment amended or inserted by this Order.

3 (b) on 1st April 2017 for the purposes of article 16; and (c) on 3rd January 2018 for all other purposes. (3) In this Order . the Act means the FINANCIAL SERVICES and MARKETS Act 2000;. (a) 2000 Sections 137D and 137E were inserted by section 24 of the FINANCIAL SERVICES Act 2012 ( ). Paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 was amended, and paragraph 26 was substituted, by section 8 of the FINANCIAL SERVICES Act 2012. (b) Section 59 was amended by section 14 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to, the FINANCIAL SERVICES Act 2012 and section 18.

4 Of and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the FINANCIAL SERVICES (Banking Reform) Act 2013 ( ) and 2012/1906 and 2013/1773. It is prospectively amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Bank of England and FINANCIAL SERVICES Act 2016 ( ). the Order means the FINANCIAL SERVICES and MARKETS Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001(a). Amendments to article 3 of the Order: interpretation 2. (1) Article 3(1) of the Order(b) (interpretation) is amended as follows. (2) In the definition of the Commission Regulation for 1287/2006 of 10 August 2006.

5 Substitute Commission Delegated Regulation of supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU. of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the purposes of that Directive (c). (3) In the definition of credit institution . (a) in paragraph (a), for (the text of which is set out in Schedule 3) substitute (the text of which is set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3) read with any directly applicable EU regulation made under Article or of the MARKETS in FINANCIAL instruments directive (and the text of Article 4 of the Commission Regulation is set out in Part 2 of Schedule 3).

6 (b) in paragraph (b), after MARKETS in FINANCIAL instruments directive insert read with any directly applicable EU regulation made under Article or of that directive . (4) In the definition of FINANCIAL instrument for Chapter VI substitute Articles 5 to 8, 10. and 11 . (5) In the definition of home Member State for Article substitute Article (a) . (6) In the definition of investment firm . (a) in paragraph (a), for (the text of which is set out in Schedule 3) substitute (the text of which is set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3) read with any directly applicable EU regulation made under Article or of the MARKETS in FINANCIAL instruments directive (and the text of Article 4 of the Commission Regulation is set out in Part 2 of Schedule 3).

7 (b) in paragraph (c), after that directive insert read with any directly applicable EU. regulation made under Article or of the MARKETS in FINANCIAL instruments directive . (7) In the definition of investment SERVICES and activities , in paragraph (a) for Article 52 of Commission Directive 2006/73/EC of 10 August 2006 substitute Article 9 of the Commission Regulation . (8) In the definition of market operator . (a) for Article substitute Article ;. (b) in paragraph (a), for (the text of which is set out in Schedule 3) substitute (the text of which is set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3) read with any directly applicable EU regulation made under Article or of the MARKETS in FINANCIAL instruments directive (and the text of Article 4 of the Commission Regulation is set out in Part 2 of Schedule 3).

8 (c) in paragraph (b), after that directive insert read with any directly applicable EU. regulation made under Article or of the MARKETS in FINANCIAL instruments directive . (9) In the definition of multilateral trading facility for Article in both places substitute Article . (a) 2001/544. (b) The definition of the Commission Regulation was inserted by 2006/3384. The definitions of credit institution , FINANCIAL instrument , investment firm , market operator and multilateral trading facility were inserted by 2006/3384. The definition of home Member State was inserted by 2006/3384 and amended by 2013/3115 and 2015/910.

9 The definition of investment SERVICES and activities was inserted by 2006/3384 and substituted by 2012/1906. The definition of overseas person was amended by 2003/1475 and 1476, 2006/2383 and 3384, 2009/1342. and 2013/1773. (c) The Commission Delegated Regulation has been adopted but has not yet been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. A copy is available at 2. (10) In the definition of overseas person after 25D, insert 25DA, . (11) In the definition of security after 82 insert or by article 82B . (12) At the appropriate places insert.

10 Alternative investment fund managers directive means Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers(a);. MARKETS in FINANCIAL instruments directive means Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on MARKETS in FINANCIAL instruments (recast)(b);. MARKETS in FINANCIAL instruments regulation means Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on MARKETS in FINANCIAL instruments(c).