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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-commencement-no-1-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/516",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-commencement-no-1-order-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force certain provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“the Act”) on 25th February 2001.\nThe provisions listed in Part 1 of the Schedule are brought into force for all purposes. Those provisions confer powers to make subordinate legislation or contain definitions of expressions used in the Act.\nThe provisions listed in Part 2 of the Schedule are brought into force for the purpose of making orders and regulations. Those in Part 3 of the Schedule are brought into force for the specific purposes there mentioned.\nThe following provisions of the Act came into force on Royal Assent (14th June 2000):\nSection 428 (regulations and orders)\nSection 430 (extent)\nSection 431 (commencement)\nSection 433 (short title)\nParagraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 21 (transitional provisions and savings).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/516/note",
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  "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."
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