Defined term

“financial contract”

Defined in 2 Acts, 4 statutory instruments and 1 EU-derived instrument.

  1. The Banking Act 2009 (Restriction of Special Bail-in Provision, etc. ) Order 2014 SI
  2. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 Act
  3. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Resolution of Central Counterparties: Partial Property Transfers and Safeguarding of Protected Arrangements) Regulations 2023 SI 2 definitions
  4. Insolvency Act 1986 Act 2 definitions
  5. The Investment Bank Special Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2011 SI
  6. Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2014/17/EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (Text with EEA relevance) EU regulation
  7. The Securities Financing Transactions, Securitisation and Miscellaneous Amendments (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI

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