Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 8th August 2021.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Amendment of the Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) Regulations 2021

2. In the Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) Regulations 2021( 2 )—

(a) omit regulation 3 (transitional provision);

(b) for regulation 5(2) (provision of an address to which information or a document may be sent electronically) substitute—

“ (2) An address provided in accordance with paragraph (1) must be provided—

(a) where the benchmark is listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1368 of 11 August 2016 establishing a list of critical benchmarks used in financial markets pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) , before 14 August 2021;

(b) where regulations are made specifying the benchmark as critical under paragraph 5 or 6 of Article 20A, or paragraph 5 of Article 20, of the Benchmarks Regulation, within five working days beginning with the day on which those regulations come into force. ” .