Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 3191
Financial Services And Markets
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Consumer Bodies) Order 2013
Made
16th December 2013
Laid before Parliament
18th December 2013
Coming into force
14th January 2014
It appears to the Treasury that each body listed in the Schedule represents the interests of consumers and satisfies the other criteria published by them( 1 ) under section 234C(3)(b) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“the Act”)( 2 ).
Therefore the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 234C(2) of the Act, make the following Order.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Consumer Bodies) Order 2013 and comes into force on the 14 th January 2014.
Designation of bodies
2. Each body listed in the Schedule is designated under section 234C(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 for the purpose of making complaints under section 234C(1) of that Act.
Karen Bradley
Anne Milton
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
16th December 2013
Article 2
SCHEDULE
Designated bodies
1. The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
2. The Consumers’ Association
3. The General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
4. The National Federation of Self Employed and Small Businesses
Guidance for bodies seeking designation as super complainants to the Financial Conduct Authority, March 2013.
2000 c.8 . Section 234C was inserted by section 43 of the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21) .