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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-etc-amendment-order-2025/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348272055",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-etc-amendment-order-2025",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment) Order 2025.\n(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made (“initial commencement date”), for the following purposes—\n(a) enabling the FCA—\n(i) to make or approve rules;\n(ii) to give guidance;\n(iii) to give directions; and\n(iv) to carry out any other preparatory steps in relation to the exercise of their functions by virtue of this Order;\n(b) enabling the scheme operator—\n(i) to make rules under Part 16 (the Ombudsman Scheme) of the 2000 Act; and\n(ii) to give guidance;\n(c) enabling registration for temporary permission under Part 4 of this Order;\n(d) enabling applications to be made for a Part 4A permission or for a variation of a Part 4A permission in relation to any activity which becomes a regulated activity by virtue of this Order, as referred to in Part 4 of this Order.\n(3) For all other purposes, this Order comes into force at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the initial commencement date (“regulatory commencement date”).\n(4) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n(5) In this Order—\n“the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;\n“initial commencement date” has the meaning given by paragraph (2);\n“regulatory commencement date” has the meaning given by paragraph (3);\n“Regulated Activities Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/544."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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