Section 300M: Power of Treasury to require making of rules by regulations

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 · 2000 c. 8View on legislation.gov.uk

Part XVIII: Recognised investment exchanges, clearing houses , CSDs and other parties — Chapter I: Exemption

The Treasury may by regulations require the Bank of England to exercise a power under this Act to make rules in relation to a specified activity or a specified description of person.

Regulations under this section may—

specify matters that the rules must cover;
specify a period within which the rules must be made.

But except so far as permitted by subsection (2), regulations under this section may not require rules to be made—

in a specified form or with specified content, or
to achieve or advance a specified outcome.

If no period is specified under subsection (2)(b) the rules must be made as soon as reasonably practicable after the coming into force of the regulations.

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