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Article 4 I1I2

An activity of the kind specified by any of the following provisions of the Regulated Activities Order—

(a)

article 5 (accepting deposits);

F1(aa)

article 9B (issuing electronic money);

F2(ab)

article 9M (issuing qualifying stablecoin);

(ac)

article 9T (dealing in qualifying cryptoassets as principal);

(ad)

article 9Z6 (qualifying cryptoasset staking);

(b)

article 10 (effecting and carrying out contracts of insurance);

(c)

article 14 (dealing in investments as principal);

F3(ca)

article 24A (bidding in emissions auctions);

F4(cb)

article 25DB (operating an electronic system for public offers of relevant securities);

F5(da)

article 51ZA (managing a UCITS);

(db)

article 51ZB (acting as a trustee or depositary of a UCITS);

(dc)

article 51ZC (managing an AIF);

(dd)

article 51ZD (acting as a trustee or depositary of an AIF);

(de)

article 51ZE (establishing etc. a collective investment scheme);

(e)

article 52 (establishing etc. a F6... pension scheme);

F7(ea)

article 52B (providing basic advice on stakeholder products);

(f)

article 57 (managing the underwriting capacity of a Lloyd’s syndicate);

(g)

article 59 (funeral plan contracts);

F8(h)

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F9(i)

article 63S (administering a benchmark).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Art. 4(1)(aa) inserted (27.4.2002) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/682), arts. 1(2)(b), 7(1)

F2

Art. 4(ab)-(ad) inserted (25.2.2026 for specified purposes) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/102), regs. 1(2)(3), 45(2) (with regs. 53-56)

F3

Art. 4(ca) inserted (20.7.2012) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1906), arts. 1, 6

F4

Art. 4(cb) inserted (19.1.2026) by The Public Offers and Admissions to Trading (Amendment and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1076), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 9; S.I. 2025/1078, reg. 5(b)

F5

Art. 4(da)-(de) substituted for art. 4(d) (22.7.2013) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1773), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 9

F6

Word in art. 4(e) omitted (6.4.2007) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1969), arts. 1(3), 11

F7

Art. 4(ea) inserted (6.4.2005) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2737), arts. 1(1), 5(4)

F8

Art. 4(h) revoked (1.9.2002) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3650), arts. 1(b), 3(b)

F9

Art. 4(i) inserted (27.2.2018) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Benchmarks) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/135), regs. 1(2), 55

Commencement

I1

Art. 4(a)-(f) in force at 1.12.2001, see art. 1(2)

I2

Art. 4(g) in force at 1.1.2002, see art. 1(3)(a)