Section 71R: Designated activities and rules: connected amendments

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

Part 5A: Designated activities — CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

The Treasury may by regulations make such modifications to provision made by or under this Act or any other enactment as the Treasury consider appropriate for purposes of, or connected with, any designated activity regulations or designated activity rules.

The power under subsection (1) may in particular be exercised for the purpose of removing or varying any requirement imposed by or under this Act so far as applying to the carrying on of any designated activity.

The power under subsection (1) includes power to modify any criminal offence created by this Act (including by widening the scope of any such offence).

In this section—

  • "enactment" includes—an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation (within the meaning given by section 21 of the Interpretation Act 1978),an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru,an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, andan enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation;

  • "modify" includes amend, repeal or revoke.

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