Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 1740
Financial Services And Markets
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2014
Made
3rd July 2014
Laid before Parliament
4th July 2014
Coming into force
28th July 2014
The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(1) and (5) of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000( 1 ):
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2014.
(2) This Order comes into force on 28th July 2014.
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001
2. In article 60E (exempt agreements: exemptions relating to the nature of the lender) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001( 2 )—
(a) in paragraph (7), in the definition of “housing authority”, in paragraph (a), after “the Welsh Ministers”, insert “, a company which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Welsh Ministers,”;
(b) after paragraph (7), insert—
“ (7A) In paragraph (7), in the definition of “housing authority”, in paragraph (a), “wholly-owned subsidiary” has the same meaning as in section 1159 (meaning of “subsidiary” etc. ) of the Companies Act 2006 ( 3 ) .
(7B) For the purpose of paragraph (7A), the Welsh Ministers are to be treated as a body corporate. ” .
David Evenett
Sam Gyimah
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
3rd July 2014
2000 c.8 . Paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21) , section 8.
S.I. 2001/544 ; article 60E was inserted by S.I. 2013/1881 and amended by S.I. 2014/366 .