# The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2006, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
“authorised person” has the meaning given in section 31(2) of the Act;
“the Authority” means the Financial Services Authority;
“investment services directive” means Council Directive 93/22/EEC of 10 May 1993 on investment services in the securities field;
“markets in financial instruments directive” means Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments;
“Part IV permission” has the meaning given in section 40(4) of the Act;
“Schedule 3” means Schedule 3 to the Act;

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110755529/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-markets-in-financial-instruments-regulations-2006/regulation-2
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