{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-benchmarks-regulations-2018/regulation-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-benchmarks-regulations-2018/regulation-49.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/135",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Benchmarks) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-benchmarks-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/49",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Amendment to Part 29 of the Act (interpretation)",
  "text": "(1) In subsection (1) of section 417 of the Act (definitions), after the definition of the “ESMA”, insert—\n““the EU Benchmarks Regulation 2016” means Regulation EU 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2014/17/EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014;”.\n(2) In the definition of “regulated benchmark” in subsection (7) of section 425A (consumers: regulated activities etc carried on by authorised persons) of the Act—\n(a) after “section 22(6)” insert “ or (6A) ”,\n(b) after “section 22(1A)(b)” insert “ or (c) ”,\n(c) omit “(6) or”, and\n(d) omit “(b) or”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 425A was inserted by paragraph 32 of Schedule 2(1) to the Financial Services Act 2010 and amended by S.I. 2013/655 and S.I. 2013/3115."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 49(1)(2)(a)(b) in force at 27.2.2018, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 49(2)(c)(d) in force at 1.5.2020, see reg. 1(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/135/regulation/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:02:39.118596+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."
}