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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benchmarks-provision-of-information-and-documents-regulations-2021/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/812",
  "legislation_title": "The Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benchmarks-provision-of-information-and-documents-regulations-2021",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision in respect of a notice or permission given by the Financial Conduct Authority to a benchmark administrator under Articles 22A, 22B, 23A and 23D of 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.\nIn these Regulations:\n— regulation 5 imposes an obligation on the administrator of a critical benchmark to provide an address to which the Financial Conduct Authority may send a notice or permission electronically;\n— regulation 6 makes provision for when a notice or permission sent in such a manner is deemed to have been received.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. A de minimis impact assessment is available from HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/812/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:11:10.228318+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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