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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-designated-consumer-bodies-order-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/3191",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Consumer Bodies) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-designated-consumer-bodies-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Financial Services And Markets\nMade 16th December 2013\nLaid before Parliament 18th December 2013\nComing into force 14th January 2014\nIt appears to the Treasury that each body listed in the Schedule represents the interests of consumers and satisfies the other criteria published by them under section 234C(3)(b) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“the Act”).\nTherefore the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 234C(2) of the Act, make the following Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Guidance for bodies seeking designation as super complainants to the Financial Conduct Authority, March 2013."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c.8. Section 234C was inserted by section 43 of the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3191/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:31:41.964180+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."
}