{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-collateral-arrangements-no2-regulations-2003/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-collateral-arrangements-no2-regulations-2003/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3226",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-collateral-arrangements-no2-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Certain legislation requiring formalities not to apply to financial collateral arrangements",
  "text": "(1) Section 4 of the Statute of Frauds 1677 (no action on a third party’s promise unless in writing and signed) shall not apply (if it would otherwise do so) in relation to a financial collateral arrangement.\n(2) Section 53(1)(c) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (disposition of equitable interest to be in writing and signed) shall not apply (if it would otherwise do so) in relation to a financial collateral arrangement.\n(3) Section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (legal assignments of things in action) shall not apply (if it would otherwise do so) in relation to a financial collateral arrangement, to the extent that the section requires an assignment to be signed by the assignor or a person authorised on its behalf, in order to be effectual in law.\n(4) Sections 859A (charges created by a company) and 859H (consequence of failure to register charges created by a company) of the Companies Act 2006 shall not apply (if they would otherwise do so) in relation to a security financial collateral arrangement or any charge created or otherwise arising under a security financial collateral arrangement or, in Scotland, to relation to any charge created or arising under a financial collateral arrangement.\n(5) Section 4 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1967 (filing of information relating to charges) shall not apply (if it would otherwise do so) in relation to a ... financial collateral arrangement or any charge created or otherwise arising under a ... financial collateral arrangement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(4) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Financial Collateral Arrangements (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2462), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(4) substituted (6.4.2013) by The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 25) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/600), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 4(2) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(4) substituted (6.4.2013) by The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 25) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/600), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 4(2) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(4) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Financial Collateral Arrangements (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2462), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(4) inserted (6.4.2011) by The Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality and Financial Collateral Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2993), regs. 1, 4(3)(a) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(5) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality and Financial Collateral Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2993), regs. 1, 4(3)(b) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1677 c. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1925 c. 20"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1967 c . 48"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3226/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:37:07.055603+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}