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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-interim-permissions-order-2001/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3374",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Interim Permissions) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-interim-permissions-order-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;\n“commencement” means the beginning of the day on which section 19 comes into force;\n“an interim permission” means a Part IV permission conferred by article 6 or 7(2);\n“the relevant date” means—\n(a) commencement, in respect of—\n(i) newly regulated activities which are regulated activities immediately after commencement; and\n(ii) overseas regulated activity;\n(b) 1 January 2002 in respect of newly regulated activities which are not regulated activities before that date.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Banking Act” means the Banking Act 1987;\n“the Building Societies Act” means the Building Societies Act 1986;\n“the Financial Services Act” means the Financial Services Act 1986;\n“the Friendly Societies Act” means the Friendly Societies Act 1992;\n“the Insurance Companies Act” means the Insurance Companies Act 1982;\n“the 2BCD Regulations” means the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992;\n“the ISD Regulations” means the Investment Services Regulations 1995;\n“the 3ID Regulations” means the Insurance Companies (Third Insurance Directives) Regulations 1994;\n“the Authorised Persons Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Authorised Persons etc.) Order 2001;\n“the Regulated Activities Order” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001.\n(3) Any reference in this Order to a section or Part is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to that section or Part of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 53."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1986 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1982 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/3218 amended by S.I. 1993/3225, S.I. 1995/1217, S.I. 1995/1442, S.I. 1996/1669, S.I. 1999/2094 and S.I. 2000/2952."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3275 amended by the Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11) and by S.I. 1996/1669 and S.I. 2000/2952."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/1696."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/2636."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/544."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3374/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:27:25.554853+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."
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