{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001/article-63Z2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001/article-63Z2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/544",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001",
  "path": "article/63Z2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "63Z2",
  "heading": "Public authorities, central banks and international organisations",
  "text": "(1) The provision of an ESG rating by a public authority, a central bank or an international organisation is excluded from article 63U.\n(2) In this article—\n“central bank” means the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and the central banks of any country or territory outside the United Kingdom;\n“international organisation” means any body the members of which comprise—\n(a)states including the United Kingdom, or\n(b)bodies whose members comprise states including the United Kingdom,\nwhere “state” includes the public authority of a state;\n“public authority” means a person or body exercising functions of a public nature.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 Ch. 15F inserted (16.12.2025 for specified purposes) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (ESG Ratings) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1349), arts. 2, 6 (with arts. 8-22)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/544/article/63Z2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:01:12.377334+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."
}