# The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001, Article 36FA: Activities carried on by registered social landlords


(1) There are excluded from article 36A (credit broking) activities carried on by a registered social landlord, for which the registered social landlord does not receive a fee.
(2) The exclusion in paragraph (1) only applies to activities relating to the introduction of an individual who wishes to enter into a credit agreement, to—
(a) a credit union;
(b) a community benefit society;
(c) a community interest company limited by guarantee;
(d) a registered charity, or a subsidiary of a registered charity;
(e) a subsidiary of a registered social landlord.
(3) For the purposes of this article, “fee” includes pecuniary consideration or any other form of financial consideration.
(4) In this article—
“community benefit society” means a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 or a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;
“community interest company limited by guarantee” means a community interest company limited by guarantee within the meaning of section 26 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004;
“credit union” means a credit union within the meaning of—
(a)the Credit Unions Act 1979;
(b)the Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985;
“registered charity” means
(a)in England and Wales, a charity registered under section 30(1) of the Charities Act 2011;
(b)in Scotland, a charity registered within the meaning of section 13(1) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005
(c)in Northern Ireland, a charity registered under section 16(2) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;
“registered social landlord” means—
(a)in England, a private registered provider within the meaning of section 80(3) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;
(b)in Wales, a registered social landlord within the meaning of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996;
(c)in Scotland, a registered social landlord within the meaning of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010;
(d)in Northern Ireland, a housing association within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992;
“subsidiary” means a subsidiary as defined by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/544/article/36FA (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001/article-36FA
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