Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 1st November 2007.

(2)

Regulations 2, 4, 5 and 7 have effect for financial years ending on or after 1st November 2007, subject to regulation 8.

(3)

In these Regulations, “financial year” has the same meaning as in section 223 of the Companies Act 1985^f1 or in Northern Ireland in Article 231 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1985 c. 6; section 223 was substituted by section 3 of the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40) and is prospectively repealed by the Companies Act 2006 (c.46).
f2: S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6).