UK Statutory Instrument 2001 United Kingdom

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001

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Enforced by

FCA, PRA

What's here

6 compliance obligations, 19 practical guides across 2 topics · 9 journeys

Penalty landscape

2 of 6 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

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  • Any Person 4

Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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Relevant guidance

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What this Act requires

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Part I — GENERAL

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Part II — SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES

s.false claims to be a certified person

False claims to be a certified person

Unlimited fine
  • Claim to be a certified person when not Any Person
  • Make false claim of being a certified person Any Person
s.record of certified persons

Record of certified persons

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • FCA must include all certified persons in the public record Statutory regulator
s.revocation of certificate on request

Revocation of certificate on request

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • FCA must revoke certificates on request and provide written notice Statutory regulator
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s.acting as trustee or depositary of an aif

Acting as trustee or depositary of an AIF

s.acting as trustee or depositary of a uk ucits

Acting as trustee or depositary of a UK UCITS

s.activities carried on by a provider of relevant go

Activities carried on by a provider of relevant goods or services

s.activities carried on by certain energy suppliers

Activities carried on by certain energy suppliers

s.activities carried on by reason of providing pensi

Activities carried on by reason of providing pensions guidance ...

s.activities carried on by registered social landlor

Activities carried on by registered social landlords

s.activities carried on in relation to a relevant ag

Activities carried on in relation to a relevant agreement in relation to land

s.activities for which no fee is paid

Activities for which no fee is paid

s.activities in relation to certain agreements relat

Activities in relation to certain agreements relating to land

s.activities in relation to certain regulated credit

Activities in relation to certain regulated credit agreements

s.activities in relation to debentures and bonds

Activities in relation to debentures and bonds

s.activities where person has a connection to the ag

Activities where person has a connection to the agreement

s.administering a benchmark

Administering a benchmark

s.administration of a benchmark by the fca

Administration of a benchmark by the FCA

s.administration of a specified benchmark by the fca

Administration of a specified benchmark by the FCA

s.administration pursuant to agreement with authoris

Administration pursuant to agreement with authorised person

s.advice given by reason of providing pensions guida

Advice given by reason of providing pensions guidance ...

s.advice given in the course of administration by au

Advice given in the course of administration by authorised person

s.advising on conversion or transfer of pension bene

Advising on conversion or transfer of pension benefits

s.advising on regulated credit agreements for the ac

Advising on regulated credit agreements for the acquisition of land

s.advising on regulated home purchase plans

Advising on regulated home purchase plans

s.advising on regulated home reversion plans

Advising on regulated home reversion plans

s.advising on regulated mortgage contracts

Advising on regulated mortgage contracts

s.advising on regulated sale and rent back agreement

Advising on regulated sale and rent back agreements

s.applications for certificates

Applications for certificates

s.arrangements made in the course of administration

Arrangements made in the course of administration by authorised person

s.arranging administration by authorised person

Arranging administration by authorised person

s.arranging contracts , plans or agreements to which

Arranging contracts , plans or agreements to which the arranger is a party

s.arranging regulated home purchase plans

Arranging regulated home purchase plans

s.arranging regulated home reversion plans

Arranging regulated home reversion plans

s.arranging regulated mortgage contracts

Arranging regulated mortgage contracts

s.arranging regulated sale and rent back agreements

Arranging regulated sale and rent back agreements

s.assisting in the administration and performance of

Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance

s.bidding in emissions auctions

Bidding in emissions auctions

s.business angel-led enterprise capital funds

Business Angel-led Enterprise Capital Funds

s.claims management on behalf of an insurer etc.

Claims management on behalf of an insurer etc.

s.credit broking

Credit broking

s.dealing by a company in its own shares

Dealing by a company in its own shares

s.debt adjusting

Debt adjusting

s.debt administration

Debt administration

s.debt-collecting

Debt-collecting

s.debt-counselling

Debt-counselling

s.depositaries of uk ucits and aifs

Depositaries of UK UCITS and AIFs

s.dormant account funds

Dormant account funds

s.electronic money institutions

Electronic money institutions

s.entering into and administering regulated home pur

Entering into and administering regulated home purchase plans

s.entering into and administering regulated home rev

Entering into and administering regulated home reversion plans

s.entering into and administering regulated sale and

Entering into and administering regulated sale and rent back agreements

s.establishing etc. a collective investment scheme

Establishing etc. a collective investment scheme

s.exclusion of electronic money from the compensatio

Exclusion of electronic money from the compensation scheme

s.exempt agreements: exemption relating to the purch

Exempt agreements: exemption relating to the purchase of land for non-residential purposes

s.exempt agreements: exemptions relating to nature o

Exempt agreements: exemptions relating to nature of agreement

s.exempt agreements: exemptions relating to number o

Exempt agreements: exemptions relating to number of repayments to be made

s.exempt agreements: exemptions relating to supply o

Exempt agreements: exemptions relating to supply of essential services

s.exempt agreements: exemptions relating to the natu

Exempt agreements: exemptions relating to the nature of the agreement

s.exempt agreements: exemptions relating to the tota

Exempt agreements: exemptions relating to the total charge for credit

s.exempt agreements: provision qualifying articles 6

Exempt agreements: provision qualifying articles 60E and 60F

s.funds received for payment services

Funds received for payment services

s.green deal plans

Green deal plans

s.information society services

Information society services

s.insolvency practitioners

Insolvency practitioners

s.interpretation

Interpretation

s.interpretation of chapter 14a etc.

Interpretation of Chapter 14A etc.

s.introducing by individuals in the course of canvas

Introducing by individuals in the course of canvassing off trade premises

s.introducing to authorised persons etc.

Introducing to authorised persons etc.

s.issuing electronic money

Issuing electronic money

s.large risks contracts where risk situated outside

Large risks contracts where risk situated outside the United Kingdom

s.local authorities

Local authorities

s.... managers of ucits and aifs

... Managers of UCITS and AIFs

s.managers of uk ucits and aifs

Managers of UK UCITS and AIFs

s.managing an aif

Managing an AIF

s.managing a uk ucits

Managing a UK UCITS

s.meaning of “consumer”

Meaning of “consumer”

s.meaning of “consumer” etc.

Meaning of “consumer” etc.

s.meaning of consumer etc.

Meaning of consumer etc.

s.miscellaneous exclusions

Miscellaneous exclusions

s.mortgage contracts which are not regulated mortgag

Mortgage contracts which are not regulated mortgage contracts

s.obtaining information from certified persons etc.

Obtaining information from certified persons etc.

s.operating a collective investment scheme in relati

Operating a collective investment scheme in relation to a UK UCITS or an AIF

s.operating a multilateral trading facility

Operating a multilateral trading facility

s.operating an electronic system for public offers o

Operating an electronic system for public offers of relevant securities

s.operating an electronic system in relation to lend

Operating an electronic system in relation to lending

s.operating an organised trading facility

Operating an organised trading facility

s.other exclusions

Other exclusions

s.payment institutions

Payment institutions

s.persons certified as small issuers etc.

Persons certified as small issuers etc.

s.persons excluded from managing an aif

Persons excluded from managing an AIF

s.persons seeking to use the exemption under article

Persons seeking to use the exemption under Article 2.1(j) of the markets in financial instruments directive

s.providing basic advice on stakeholder products

Providing basic advice on stakeholder products

s.providing pensions guidance ...

Providing pensions guidance ...

s.provision of information – contracts of insurance

Provision of information – contracts of insurance

s.provision of information on an incidental basis

Provision of information on an incidental basis

s.publicly available factual data and subscription s

Publicly available factual data and subscription services

s.registered consumer buy-to-let mortgage firms

Registered consumer buy-to-let mortgage firms

s.regulated consumer hire agreements

Regulated consumer hire agreements

s.regulated credit agreements

Regulated credit agreements

s.revocation of certificate on fca ’s own initiative

Revocation of certificate on FCA ’s own initiative

s.rules prohibiting the issue of electronic money at

Rules prohibiting the issue of electronic money at a discount

s.schedule

Schedule

s.securitisation repositories

Securitisation repositories

s.specified benchmarks

Specified benchmarks

s.sums received in exchange for electronic money

Sums received in exchange for electronic money

s.the activity

The activity

s.total charge for credit

Total charge for credit

s.trade repositories

Trade repositories

s.transaction to which the broker is a party

Transaction to which the broker is a party

s.transformer vehicles: insurance risk transformatio

Transformer vehicles: insurance risk transformation

Part 3A — SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO INFORMATION

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s.activities carried on by members of the legal prof

Activities carried on by members of the legal profession, etc

s.operating a pensions dashboard service

Operating a pensions dashboard service

s.providing credit information services

Providing credit information services

s.providing credit references

Providing credit references

Part 3B — CLAIMS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN GREAT BRITAIN

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s.advice, investigation or representation in relatio

Advice, investigation or representation in relation to an employment related claim

s.certain providers of referrals

Certain providers of referrals

s.claims management activity conducted an independen

Claims management activity conducted an independent trade union

s.claims management activity conducted by a charity

Claims management activity conducted by a charity or not-for-profit agency

s.claims management activity conducted by a medical

Claims management activity conducted by a medical defence union

s.claims management activity conducted by an insuran

Claims management activity conducted by an insurance intermediary

s.claims management activity conducted by a person a

Claims management activity conducted by a person appointed by a statutory or other public body

s.claims management activity conducted by a students

Claims management activity conducted by a students’ union

s.claims management activity conducted by legal prof

Claims management activity conducted by legal professionals

s.claims management activity conducted by the motor

Claims management activity conducted by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau

s.seeking out, referrals and identification of claim

Seeking out, referrals and identification of claims or potential claims

s.services in connection with counterclaims and clai

Services in connection with counterclaims and claims against third parties

s.specified kinds of claims management activity

Specified kinds of claims management activity

Part III — SPECIFIED INVESTMENTS

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s.alternative finance investment bonds

Alternative finance investment bonds

s.consumer hire agreement

Consumer hire agreement

s.credit agreement

Credit agreement

s.electronic money

Electronic money

s.emission allowances

Emission allowances

s.greenhouse gas emissions allowances

Greenhouse gas emissions allowances

s.pensions in respect of which information is reques

Pensions in respect of which information is requested or provided using a pensions dashboard service

s.regulated home purchase plans

Regulated home purchase plans

s.regulated home reversion plans

Regulated home reversion plans

s.regulated sale and rent back agreements

Regulated sale and rent back agreements

Part IV — CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS

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Part V — UNAUTHORISED PERSONS CARRYING ON INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES

s.094

Members of designated professional bodies

  • Designated professional bodies must notify the FCA of insurance distributors Any Person
  • Notify FCA of members carrying out exempt insurance distribution activities Any Person
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Part 6 — MISCELLANEOUS

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Enforcement and responsible bodies

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FCA

Primary

Financial Conduct Authority

Regulation of financial services firms and markets. Supervises banks, insurers, investment firms, payment services, and cryptoasset businesses. Issues authorisations and enforces conduct …

PRA

Prudential Regulation Authority

Part of the Bank of England. Prudentially regulates and supervises around 1,292 banks, building societies, credit unions, insurers, and major investment firms. …

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