# The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Qualifying Provisions) ( No. 2) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/3116 · made 9 December 2013 · revised to 27 February 2025

This Order specifies the following EU legislation as qualifying EU provisions for the purposes of various provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) (“FSMA”):Articles 4(1), 5a, 8b, 8c, 8d and 25a of Regulation 1060/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies (OJ no L302, 17/11/2009, p.1);Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (OJ no L176, 27/6/2013, p.1, for corrigenda see OJ no L208, 2/8/2013 p.68 and OJ no L321, 30/11/2013 p. 6) (the “CRR”);any directly applicable regulation made under the CRR or Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms (OJ no L176, 27/6/2013, p. 338, for corrigenda see OJ no L208, 2/8/2013, p.73).

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-qualifying-provisions-no-2-order-2013/pdf/uksi_20133116_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-qualifying-provisions-no-2-order-2013/pdf/uksiem_20133116_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Financial Services And Markets
Made 9th December 2013
Laid before Parliament 10th December 2013
Coming into force 1st January 2014
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the following sections of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 : 1A(6)(d); 1L(2)(b); 2A(6)(d); 39(4)(b); 66(2)(b)(ii); 66(2A)(b)(ii); 168(4)(k); 204A(2)(b), (4); 380(6)(a)(i), (9); 382(9)(a)(i), (12); 384(7)(a), (10); and paragraph 23(2)(b) of Schedule 1ZA and paragraph 31(2)(b) of Schedule 1ZB to that Act , makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Qualifying Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2013 and comes into force on 1st January 2014.
(2) For the purposes of this Order—
“the CRA Regulation” means Regulation 1060/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies ;
“the CRD4 instruments” means —
(a)the capital requirements regulation; and
(b)any directly applicable regulation made under the capital requirements regulation or the capital requirements directive;
“FSMA” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
(3) Any reference in this Order to an EU Regulation, or part of an EU Regulation, is to be read as a reference to that EU Regulation, or that part of that EU Regulation, as amended from time to time.
(4) In paragraph (2) in the definition of “the CRD4 instruments”—
(a) the reference to any directly applicable regulation made under the capital requirements regulation is a reference to—
(i) any EU regulation, originally made under the capital requirements regulation, which is assimilated direct legislation,
(ii) any technical standards made in relation to the capital requirements regulation in accordance with Chapter 2A of Part 9A of the Act, and
(iii) any subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978) which is made under a power substituted for a power of an EU entity to make a directly applicable regulation under the capital requirements regulation by regulations made under section 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018;
(b) the reference to any directly applicable regulation made under the capital requirements directive is a reference to—
(i) any EU regulation, originally made under the capital requirements directive, which is assimilated direct legislation,
(ii) any technical standards made in relation to the capital requirements directive in accordance with Chapter 2A of Part 9A of the Act, and
(iii) any subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978) which is made under a power substituted for a power of an EU entity to make a directly applicable regulation under the capital requirements directive by regulations made under section 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

## 2 qualifying provisions

Articles 4(1), 5a, 8b, 8c, 8d and 25a of the CRA Regulation are specified qualifying provisions for the purposes of regulation 206(1)(a) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the following provisions of FSMA—
(a) sections 1A(6)(d), 1L(2)(b), 66A(4)(b), 168(4)(k), 204A(2)(b), 380(6)(a)(i), 382(9)(a)(i) and 384(7)(a); and
(b) paragraph 23(2)(b) of Schedule 1ZA.

## 3 

The CRD4 instruments are specified qualifying provisions for the purposes of regulation 206(1)(a) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the following provisions of FSMA—
(a) sections 1A(6)(d), 1L(2)(b), 2A(6)(d), 39(4)(b), 66A(4)(b), 66B(4)(b), 168(4)(k), 204A(2)(b), 380(6)(a)(i), 382(9)(a)(i) and 384(7)(a);
(b) paragraph 23(2)(b) of Schedule 1ZA; and
(c) paragraph 31(2)(b) of Schedule 1ZB.

## 4 Appropriate regulator

The appropriate regulator for the purposes of each provision of Part 14 and sections 380, 382 and 384 of FSMA is—
(a) in relation to a contravention of a requirement imposed by Article 4(1), 5a, 8b, 8c or 8d of the CRA Regulation, the FCA;
(b) in relation to a contravention of a requirement imposed by a CRD4 instrument—
(i) the PRA, in the case of a PRA-authorised person; and
(ii) the FCA, in the case of any other person.

## Signature

David Evennett
Mark Lancaster
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the following EU legislation as qualifying EU provisions for the purposes of various provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) (“FSMA”):
(a)Articles 4(1), 5a, 8b, 8c, 8d and 25a of Regulation 1060/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies (OJ no L302, 17/11/2009, p.1);
(b)Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (OJ no L176, 27/6/2013, p.1, for corrigenda see OJ no L208, 2/8/2013 p.68 and OJ no L321, 30/11/2013 p. 6) (the “CRR”);
(c)any directly applicable regulation made under the CRR or Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms (OJ no L176, 27/6/2013, p. 338, for corrigenda see OJ no L208, 2/8/2013, p.73).
The effect of the Order is to apply certain provisions of FSMA for purposes connected with the qualifying EU provisions.
Articles 2 and 3 specify provisions of EU law for general purposes including sections 1A and 2A of FSMA (the functions of the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and the functions of the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”)), section 168 of FSMA (power of the regulators to appoint an investigator) and disciplinary measures imposed under Part 14 of FSMA.
Article 4 specifies which of the FCA or PRA is responsible for taking disciplinary action in relation to each specified provision of EU law.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the costs of business or the voluntary sector is foreseen.

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