{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-3A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-3A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/8",
  "legislation_title": "Financial Services and Markets Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000",
  "path": "section/3A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": "Meaning of “regulator”",
  "text": "(1) This section has effect for the interpretation of this Act.\n(2) The FCA and the PRA are the “regulators”, and references to a regulator are to be read accordingly.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not affect—\n(a) the meaning of the following expressions—\n“home state regulator”;\n“host state regulator”;\n“overseas regulator”; ...\n(b) the meaning of “the appropriate regulator” in Part 18 (recognised investment exchanges, clearing houses and CSDs) or\n(c) the meaning of “regulator” in sections 410A and 410B (fees to meet certain expenses of Treasury).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 1A substituted for Pt. 1 (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 19.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 6(1), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(b)(c)(2), Sch. Pts. 2, 3, 4; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 3A(3)(a) omitted (1.3.2014) by virtue of Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), ss. 135(2)(a), 148(5); S.I. 2014/377, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 3A(3)(b) substituted (28.11.2017) by The Central Securities Depositories Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1064), regs. 1, 2(2) (with regs. 7(4), 9(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 3A(3)(c) and word inserted (1.3.2014) by Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), ss. 135(2)(b), 148(5); S.I. 2014/377, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2021/22",
      "affecting_title": "Financial Services Act 2021"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/section/3A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:21.899993+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."
}