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The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 21(5), (9) and (10), 235(5), 327(6), and 426 to 428 of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000[1] and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order: Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2001 and comes into force -
(b) for the purposes of article 3, on 1st September 2002.
Arrangements not amounting to collective investment schemes 2. - (1) The Schedule to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) Order 2001 (arrangements not amounting to a collective investment scheme) is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph 9 (schemes entered into for commercial purposes related to existing business), for sub-paragraph (1)(a) substitute -
(3) For paragraph 18 (funeral plan contracts), substitute -
18. Arrangements do not amount to a collective investment scheme if they consist of, or are made pursuant to -
(b) a contract which would be a funeral plan contract but for -
(ii) the exclusion in article 60 of that Order.".
(4) For paragraph 21 (bodies corporate), substitute -
21. - (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), no body incorporated under the law of, or any part of, the United Kingdom relating to building societies or industrial and provident societies or registered under any such law relating to friendly societies, and no other body corporate other than an open-ended investment company, amounts to a collective investment scheme. (2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to any body incorporated as a limited liability partnership.".
Mortgage activities carried on by members of the professions 3. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Professions) (Non-Exempt Activities) Order 2001 is amended as follows -
(b) in article 4, paragraph (h) is revoked; (c) after article 6 insert -
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to an activity carried on by a person in his capacity as a trustee or personal representative where the borrower under the regulated mortgage contract in question is a beneficiary under the trust, will or intestacy."
Financial promotion exemption for appointed representatives 4. - (1) The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001[2] is amended as follows. (2) In article 16 (exempt persons), the current text is numbered as paragraph (1) and after that paragraph insert -
(ii) in relation to which AR is exempt from the general prohibition by virtue of that section; and
(b) the communication is one which, if it were made by P, would comply with any rules made by the Authority under section 145 of the Act (financial promotion rules) which are relevant to a communication of that kind."
Interests in funeral plan contracts
Persons authorised under the Banking Act 1987 6. In article 11 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Authorised Persons etc.) Order 2001 (persons authorised under the Banking Act), after paragraph (3) insert -
(5) A person who has a Part IV permission by virtue of paragraph (1) and who was not, immediately before commencement, authorised under the Financial Services Act, is also to be treated as having, at commencement, a Part IV permission to carry on regulated activities -
(b) of the kind specified by article 64 of that Order (agreeing to carry on specified kinds of activity) in so far as it relates to the activity mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)."
Companies authorised under the Insurance Companies Act 1982
(b) of the kind specified by article 64 of that Order (agreeing to carry on specified kinds of activity) in so far as the activity relates to the activity mentioned in sub-paragraph (a),
in so far as those activities are carried on in connection with or for the purposes of the regulated activities referred to in paragraph (2)."
Friendly societies authorised under the Friendly Societies Act 1992
(b) of the kind specified by article 64 of that Order (agreeing to carry on specified kinds of activity) in so far as the activity relates to the activity mentioned in sub-paragraph (a),
in so far as those activities are carried on for or in connection with the regulated activities referred to in article 18(2)(a).".
Building societies authorised under the Building Societies Act 1986
(5) A society having a Part IV permission by virtue of paragraph (1) and which was not, immediately before commencement, authorised under the Financial Services Act, is also to be treated as having, at commencement, a Part IV permission to carry on regulated activities -
(b) of the kind specified by article 64 of that Order (agreeing to carry on specified kinds of activity) in so far as the activity relates to the activity mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).".
Disqualification directions on the public record
(b) information about I has been placed on the record maintained in accordance with section 347(1)(g) as required by section 347(2) ("transitional information").
(4) Subsections (5) and (6) of section 347 apply to the record to the extent that it comprises transitional information -
(ii) the Authority is otherwise satisfied that the person has a good reason for seeking to inspect the transitional information;
(b) as if subsection (5)(b) required the Authority to exclude the transitional information from any certified copy of the record provided in accordance with that subsection;
(ii) the Authority is otherwise satisfied that the person has good reason for requesting a copy of the part of the record which includes the transitional information;
(d) as if subsection (6) did not apply to the record in so far as it contains the transitional information.
(5) Paragraph (4) applies to transitional information until 18 January 2002 or, if on or before that date, I applies to the Authority under section 58 for the revocation of the prohibition order, then until that application is determined and there is no possibility (or no further possibility) of the determination being reversed or varied on a reference to the Tribunal or an appeal."
Definition of "the Regulator" 11. In article 2(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Controllers) Order 2001 (definitions) after paragraph (c) of the definition of "the Regulator" insert -
Controller approved by self-regulating organisation before commencement
(f) rule 2-23A(1) of the rules of the Securities and Futures Authority Limited; (g) rule 2.1 of Chapter IV of the rules of the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation Limited."
Interpretation 13. - (1) In this Part -
(2) In this Part, any reference to a section or Schedule is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to that section of or Schedule to the Act.
(b) any repeal of section 95(2) of the Banking Act[12]; (c) any amendment or revocation of article 5(2) of, or paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975[13] which comes into force on or after commencement,
those provisions continue to have effect in relation to any proceedings which are specified in those provisions, whether or not those proceedings have been initiated before commencement, as if they had not been repealed, amended or revoked (as the case may be).
(b) the corresponding repeals in Schedule 22,
the provisions so omitted continue to have effect for so long as the Financial Services Tribunal continues to have functions conferred by or under any enactment.
(b) section 47 of the Banking Act[19] (communication by auditor with the Authority), to the extent that it relates to the obligation to communicate a matter; (c) section 21A of the Insurance Companies Act[20] (communication by auditor), to the extent that it relates to the obligation to communicate a matter; (d) section 82(8) to (11) of the Building Societies Act[21] (auditors' duties to Commission), to the extent that it relates to the obligation to furnish information; and (e) section 79(8) to (11) of the Friendly Societies Act[22] (auditors' duties to Commission), to the extent that it relates to the obligation to furnish information.
(3) For each reference to the Secretary of State, the Treasury, the Building Societies Commission or the Friendly Societies Commission, there is substituted a reference to the Authority (and so any communication made pursuant to those enactments must be made to the Authority).
(b) the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation Limited; (c) the Securities and Futures Authority Limited.
Transfer of liabilities
(b) in relation to anything done on or after commencement for the purposes of or in connection with any proceedings arising from anything done or omitted to be done before commencement.
(2) The provisions mentioned in this paragraph are -
(b) section 43(5) of the Financial Services Act (listed money market institutions)[24]; (c) section 187 of the Financial Services Act (exemption from liability for damages) (including as extended in relation to the Authority by regulation 56(1) of the ISD Regulations and in relation to the recognised self-regulating organisations by regulation 30 of the ISD Regulations); (d) section 171(6A) of the Companies Act 1989[25] (certain money market institutions).
(3) Notwithstanding the revocation of the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Money Market) Regulations 1995[26], regulation 29 of those Regulations continues to have effect to the extent provided for by paragraph 20(5) of Schedule 1 to the Bank of England Act 1998 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 1998[27].
(b) as continued in effect without those amendments by paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to that Act (but as if the references in paragraphs (1) above to "commencement" were to 1st June 1998); and (c) as extended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the 2BCD Regulations.
(5) The Authority may rely on section 187(1) of the Financial Services Act in relation to any liability transferred to it by virtue of paragraph (1) of article 22 or of article 21 to the same extent as the transferor body from which the liability was transferred could have relied on it before commencement in relation to that liability.
(ii) the Banking Act; (iii) the 2BCD Regulations; (iv) the ISD Regulations,
with respect to which the Authority incurs expenditure after commencement;
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 17 of Schedule 1, expenditure incurred in meeting a liability transferred to the Authority by virtue of paragraph (1) of article 22 or of article 21 is to be treated as having been incurred in connection with the discharge by the Authority of functions under the Act.
(b) the Treasury must inform the Authority of the amount which they received before commencement as fees under the 2001 Fees Order ("Y").
(3) On or before 31st December 2002 -
(b) if one third of Y exceeds two thirds of X, the Treasury must pay the difference to the Authority.
(4) Any sum received by the Treasury under paragraph (3) must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(6) For the purposes of this article, a person has paid the final Insurance Companies Act fee if he has, before commencement, paid to the Treasury a fee under the 2001 Fees Order.
The Contracting Out Order
(b) retention and inspection of documents.
(3) Any obligation of the Authority under such a contract which continues to have effect after commencement is to be treated as a function conferred on the Authority by or under a provision of the Act for the purposes of Schedule 1.
(b) that person has before commencement notified the Authority in accordance with article 56(1)(a) of that Order that he agrees with the matters stated in the notice; (c) the Authority has, before commencement, sent to the person a notice ("revision notice") revising the scope of permission notice so that it includes the permission conferred on the person as a result of article 6, 7, 8 or 9 (as the case may be).
(2) In a case where this article applies, if the person has not, before commencement, notified the Authority that it objects to the revision notice, then article 57(1) of the Authorised Persons Order applies to the scope of permission notice as revised by the revision notice.
(b) that person has before commencement notified the Authority in accordance with article 56(1)(a) of that Order that he agrees with the matters stated in the notice; (c) the scope of permission notice thereby agreed purported to provide for the person to have a permission to agree to carry on all regulated activities so far as carried on in respect of an investment of the kind specified by article 76 of the Regulated Activities Order (shares etc.) and in relation to an "intermediate customer"; (d) the Authority has, before commencement, sent to the firm a notice ("a revision notice") revising the scope of permission notice so that it states that the person has permission to agree to carry on any regulated activity which the scope of permission notice states that he has a Part IV permission to carry on (in so far as agreeing to carry on that activity itself constitutes, by virtue of article 64 of the Regulated Activities Order, a regulated activity).
(2) In a case where this article applies, if the person has not, before commencement, notified the Authority that it objects to the revision notice, then article 57(1) of the Authorised Persons Order applies to the scope of permission notice as revised by the revision notice. (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends Orders previously made under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) ("FSMA") and also makes miscellaneous additional provision needed for the implementation of FSMA. Part I provides for commencement and interpretation. Most of the provisions come into force on 1st December 2001 when the main provisions of FSMA, in particular section 19 (the general prohibition) come into force: see Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3538 (C. 115)). Part II contains amendments to earlier Orders made, most of which themselves come into force on 1 December 2001. Article 2 amends the Schedule to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1062) which sets out the arrangements which are not to be regarded as collective investment schemes for the purposes of FSMA. Paragraph 9(1) of that Schedule excludes schemes entered into for commercial purposes related to a business. It is a condition of this exclusion that each participant in the scheme carries on a business which does not involve investment activities. The amendment made by article 2(2) of this Order provides that the activities in question are regulated activities, ie ones falling within certain provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544) which are carried on by way of business. The amendment made by article 2(3) ensures that unregulated as well as regulated funeral plan contracts are excluded from the definition of collective investment scheme and article 2(4) amends paragraph 21 of the Schedule to the earlier Order to provide that limited liability partnerships are capable of being collective investment schemes. Article 3 amends the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Professions) (Non-Exempt Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1227), which specifies certain regulated activities as falling outside the exemption accorded to members of the professions under Part XX of FSMA. Among the activities so specified were entering into a regulated mortgage contract or administering such a contract. Article 3 provides that those activities do not fall outside the Part XX exemption where they are carried on by a person acting in this capacity as a trustee or personal representative, and the borrower under the relevant regulated mortgage contract is a beneficiary under the trust, will or intestacy. Articles 4 and 5 of this Order amend the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1335). Article 4 provides that appointed representatives are exempt in respect of any unsolicited real time communications they make in the course of the business for which their principal accepts responsibility. The exemption applies provided that the communication complies with any rules which would apply to the principal if he made the communication himself. Article 5 narrows the kinds of rights and interests specified by paragraph 29 of Schedule 1 to the earlier Order as a controlled investment. Interests in an investment other than a funeral plan contract (such as an insurance policy) that are acquired as a result of entering into a funeral plan, are not controlled investments, whether or not the funeral plan is itself a qualifying one for the purposes of the Schedule. Articles 6 to 10 amend the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Authorised Persons etc.) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2636). Articles 6 to 9 confer additional permissions on persons who are treated as having Part IV permissions under the Act. These provide that banks and building societies who were previously excluded from the need for authorisation under the Insurance Companies Act 1982 (c. 50) because of section 2(4) of that Act have a Part IV permission to continue to carry on any insurance business they were carrying on in reliance on that exclusion. Further, firms who were not authorised under the Financial Services Act 1986 and were therefore able to rely on the exclusion in paragraph 17(4) of Schedule 1 to that Act (being unauthorised persons for the purposes of that paragraph) are granted permission to carry on that same business because, being authorised persons for the purposes of FSMA, they will not be able to rely on the exclusion in article 16 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001. Article 10 carries forward the effect of section 103 of the Financial Services Act 1986 in relation to people who were disqualified under section 59 of that Act and whose disqualification is carried forward as a prohibition order under section 56 of FSMA. Information about the disqualification will be included on the record maintained in accordance with section 347 of FSMA but it will not be made available for inspection, nor will a copy of it be provided, unless it is specifically requested. Articles 11 and 12 amend the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Controllers) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2637). This provides that where a person has been approved before commencement by a recognised self regulating organisation but has not yet taken the step which makes him a controller, that approval is carried forward as an approval under FSMA so that he does not need to reapply for approval. Part III of the Order makes miscellaneous provisions other than amendments. Articles 14 and 15 modify section 367 of FSMA (winding up petitions) so that where a body is in default on sums due and payable under a relevant agreement concluded before commencement, it is to be treated as unable to pay its debts. Relevant agreements are "investment agreements" within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986 (article 14), and those involving the acceptance of deposits for the purposes of the Banking Act 1987 (article 15). Article 16 makes transitional provision in relation to provisions in the Financial Services Act 1986, the Banking Act 1987 and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975/1023) that confer an exception from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. To the extent that these provisions confer an exception for proceedings under the existing regulatory regimes, those provisions continue to have effect after 1st December 2001 in relation to such proceedings. Article 17 retains in effect provisions regarding the disqualification from political office of members of the Financial Services Tribunal since that Tribunal continues to have functions after commencement. Article 18 makes transitional savings of certain enactments which oblige auditors to communicate certain matters to the regulator. Article 19 provides that the Authority must fulfil its reporting obligations under the Financial Services Act 1986 and the Banking Act 1987 by including the relevant information in the first report it makes of its activities under FSMA. Article 20 contains similar provision in relation to the Treasury's report under the Insurance Companies Act. Articles 21 and 22 provide for the Authority to devise a scheme for the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of the self-regulating organisations. All liabilities for pre-commencement acts and omissions by these bodies are transferred to the Authority by article 22 and the Authority is, by article 23, substituted for the organisation in any legal proceedings pending at commencement. Article 24 deals with immunity from liability in damages in relation to actions before commencement or under repealed enactments. Article 25 extends the Authority's power to charge fees to expenditure incurred in the exercise of certain of its functions. Article 26 makes provision for fees that have been paid to the Treasury under the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and fees which would have been payable to the Treasury under that Act after 1st December 2001, but for the repeal of that Act, that relate to the cost of the regulation of insurance companies for the period from 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2002. Article 27 requires the Financial Services Authority to make rules which require authorised persons who have permission under Part IV of the Act to effect and carry out contracts of insurance to pay fees to the Authority. These funds are to be repaid to the Treasury. The funds raised in this way must not exceed the deficit which the Treasury have incurred in exercising functions under the Insurance Companies Act 1982. Article 28 revokes with savings the Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to Insurance) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2842). Articles 29 and 30 concern corrections to scope of permission notices sent out to persons before commencement under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Authorised Persons etc.) Order 2001. Notes: [1] 2000 c. 8.back [2] This Order has been amended by S.I. 2001/2633.back [3] S.I. 1992/3218 as amended by S.I. 1993/3225, S.I. 1995/1217, S.I. 1995/1442, S.I. 1996/1669, S.I. 1999/2094 and S.I. 2000/2952.back [10] S.I. 1995/3275 amended by the Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11) and by S.I. 1996/1669 and S.I. 2000/2952.back [11] Amended by the Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40) Schedule 14 and section 189 repealed from a day to be appointed by the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) Schedule 10.back [12] Amended by the Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11) Schedule 5 and modified by S.I. 1992/3218. Repealed from a day to be appointed by the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) Schedule 10.back [13] S.I. 1975/1023; relevant amendments made by S.I.1986/2268.back [18] Modified by S.I. 1992/3218, S.I. 1995/3275, S.I. 1996/1669. See also the Auditors (Financial Services Act 1986) Rules 1994 (S.I. 1994/526) as modified S.I. 1996/1669.back [19] Amended by the Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11) Schedule 5 and S.I. 1996/1669 and modified by S.I. 1992/3218. See also the Accountants (Banking Act 1987) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/524) as modified by S.I. 1996/1669.back [20] Inserted by the Financial Services Act s. 135 and amended by S.I. 1996/1669 and S.I. 1997/2781. See also the Auditors (Insurance Companies Act 1982) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/449) as modified by S.I. 1996/1669.back [21] Amended by the Building Societies Act 1997 (c. 40), Schedule 7 and 9, S.I. 1991/1729 and S.I. 1996/1669. See also the Buildings Societies (Auditors) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/525) as modified by S.I. 1996/1669.back [22] Amended by S.I. 1996/1669. See also the Friendly Societies (Auditors) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/132) as modified by S.I. 1996/1669.back [24] Subsection (5) was inserted into section 43 by the Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11), section 25(1).back [25] 1989 c. 40. Subsection (6A) was inserted into section 171 by the Bank of England Act 1998, section 25(3).back [28] S.I. 2001/812; made under section 94A of the 1982 Act.back
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