{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-consequential-amendments-and-repeals-order-2001/article-40",
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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/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Interpretation of the 1986 Order",
  "text": "In Article 2(3) of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (“the 1986 Order”) (interpretation)—\n(a) the definitions of “banking company” and “insurance company” are revoked; and\n(b) after the definition of “the insider dealing legislation” insert—\n““insurance market activity” has the meaning given in section 316(3) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;”\n(c) before the definition of “the registrar of companies” insert—\n“regulated activity has the meaning given in section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 40 in force at 1.12.2001, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Relevant amendments made by the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/593 (NI 5)), Schedule 10, paragraph 2 and the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36) section 79(13), Schedule 5, paragraph 18(1)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3649/article/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:23:30.014012+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."
}