{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001/article-63Z3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001/article-63Z3.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/63Z3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "63Z3",
  "heading": "Accreditation or certification",
  "text": "A person does not carry on an activity of the kind specified by article 63U by providing an ESG rating where the ESG rating is developed exclusively for accreditation or certification processes, and the purpose of that accreditation or certification is not to influence a decision to make an investment specified in Part 3.",
  "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/63Z3",
    "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."
}