The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2013
This Order amends the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (“the Principal Order”) so as to specify new regulated activities. The Principal Order specifies kinds of activities and investments for the purposes of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c.8) (“the Act”). The regulated activities which may be specified include activities relating to the setting of benchmarks (paragraphs 24E to 24H of Schedule 2 to the Act, inserted by section 7 of the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21)). This Order specifies the activities of providing information in relation to and administering a specified benchmark.