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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-ring-fenced-bodies-core-activities-excluded-activities-and-prohibitions-amendment-order-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111148822",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ring-fenced Bodies, Core Activities, Excluded Activities and Prohibitions) (Amendment) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-ring-fenced-bodies-core-activities-excluded-activities-and-prohibitions-amendment-order-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 142Z(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nBanks And Banking\nMade ***\nComing into force 1st December 2016\nThe Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 142B(2), 142D(2), 142E, 142F and 428(3) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and being of the opinion—\n(a) in connection with the exercise of the power conferred by section 142B(2), that the regulated activity of accepting deposits should be a core activity when carried out in the specified circumstances;\n(b) in connection with the exercise of the power conferred by section 142D(2), that allowing ring-fenced bodies to deal in investments as principal in the specified circumstances would not be likely to result in any significant adverse effect on the continuity of the provision in the United Kingdom of core services; and\n(c) in connection with the exercise of the power conferred by section 142E, that the making of this Order is necessary or expedient for the purpose of protecting the continuity of the provision in the United Kingdom of core services;\nmake the following Order.\nA draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 142Z of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c.8; sections 142A to 142Z1 were inserted into the Act by section 4 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c.33)."
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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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