# The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2012, Introduction: Introductory text


Draft Order laid before Parliament under paragraphs 2(2) and 2A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Financial Services
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Coming into force in accordance with Article 1
In the opinion of the Treasury, one of the effects of the following order is that an activity which is not a regulated activity (within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) will become a regulated activity.
The Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the operation of regulated markets and clearing or settlement systems and in relation to insider dealing and market manipulation.
A draft of this Order was laid before Parliament, and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, in accordance with paragraphs 2(2) and 2A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972.
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and sections 22(1) and (5), 426 and 428(3) of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, make the following Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111525654/introduction (the official version)
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