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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-commencement-no-3-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1820",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-commencement-no-3-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, on 18th June 2001, the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“the Act”) listed in the Schedule. They include provisions—\nrelating to the constitution of the Financial Services Authority (“the Authority”);\nproviding for the establishment of the scheme manager of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme under Part XV of the Act;\nproviding for the establishment of the ombudsman scheme operator under Part XVI of the Act (to be known as the Financial Ombudsman Service);\nconferring rule-making powers on the Authority and on the ombudsman scheme operator, and related procedural provisions;\nimposing restrictions on the disclosure of confidential information;\nrelating generally to criminal offences, and to criminal and civil proceedings, under the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1820/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:48:53.241796+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."
}