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Statutory Instruments
Financial Services And Markets
Made
9th July 2014
Coming into force
1st August 2014
The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 258A(2)(b) of the Banking Act 2009(1).
A draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 258A(3) of that Act.
1. This Order may be cited as the Banking Act 2009 (Exclusion of Investment Firms of a Specified Description) Order 2014, and comes into force on 1st August 2014.
2. (1) An institution of a description given in Article 29 of the Capital Requirements Directive (initial capital of particular types of investment firms) is specified for the purpose of section 258A(2)(b) of the Banking Act 2009.
(2) In paragraph (1) "Capital Requirements Directive" means Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC(2).
David Evenett
Mark Lancaster
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
9th July 2014
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order excludes a specified type of institution from the meaning of "investment firm" given in section 258A of the Banking Act 2009 (c. 1). The institutions excluded are investment firms of a description given in Article 29 of Directive 2013/36/EU (OJ No. L 176, 27.6.2013), which are not subject to the initial capital requirement (EUR 730,000) specified in Article 28(2) of that Directive.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this Order will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from Her Majesty's Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ or on http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/ and is published alongside the Order on http://www.legislation.gov.uk/.
2009 c.1. Section 258A was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21), section 101.
OJ No. L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 338-436. For corrigenda see OJ No. L 208, 2/8/2013, p. 73.
