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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-consequential-amendments-and-repeals-order-2001/article-217",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3649",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-consequential-amendments-and-repeals-order-2001",
  "path": "article/217",
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  "number": "217",
  "heading": "Definition of “Bank”",
  "text": "In section 9 of the Agricultural Credits (Scotland) Act 1929 (interpretation) for the definition of “Bank” substitute—\n““Bank” means—\n(a) the Bank of England,\n(b) a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to accept deposits,\n(c) an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3 to that Act which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to accept deposits, or\n(d) the Post Office in the exercise of its powers to provide banking services,\nand the expressions used in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this definition must be read with section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, any relevant order under that section and Schedule 2 to that Act;”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 217 in force at 1.12.2001, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The definition of “Bank” in section 9 was amended by the Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, S.I.F 10), section 108(1), Schedule 6 and modified by S.I. 1992/3218, regulation 82(1), Schedule 10, Pt. 1, paragraph 4."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3649/article/217",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:23:30.014012+00:00"
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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."
}