Legislation – Financial Services and Markets Act 2023

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Introduction

PART 1
Regulatory framework

CHAPTER 1 Revocation of retained EU law

1 Revocation of retained EU law relating to financial services and markets

2 Transitional amendments

3 Power to make further transitional amendments

4 Power to restate and modify saved legislation

5 Power to replace references to EU directives

6 Restatement in rules: exemption from consultation requirements etc

7 Interpretation of Chapter

CHAPTER 2 New regulatory powers

Designated activities regime

8 Designated activities

Financial market infrastructure: general rules and requirements

9 Rules relating to central counterparties and central securities depositories

10 Central counterparties and central securities depositories: other requirements

11 Rules relating to investment exchanges and data reporting service providers

12 Treasury directions to Bank of England: restrictions

Financial market infrastructure: piloting powers

13 Testing of FMI technologies or practices

14 Reports on FMI sandboxes

15 Permanent implementation of arrangements tested under an FMI sandbox

16 Regulations

17 Interpretation

Powers in relation to critical third parties

18 Critical third parties: designation and powers

19 Critical third parties: related amendments

Financial promotion

20 Financial promotion

Sustainability disclosure requirements

21 Sustainability disclosure requirements

Digital settlement assets

22 Digital settlement assets

23 Digital settlement assets: power to make regulations

Mutual recognition

24 Implementation of mutual recognition agreements

CHAPTER 3 Accountability of regulators

39 Reporting requirements

FCA and PRA objectives and regulatory principles

25 Competitiveness and growth objective

26 Competitiveness and growth objective: reporting requirements

27 Regulatory principles

28 Sections 25 and 27: consequential amendments

FCA and PRA powers to make rules etc

29 Review of rules

30 Treasury power in relation to rules

31 Matters to consider when making rules

32 Effect of rules etc on deference decisions

33 Effect of rules etc on international trade obligations

34 Power to disapply or modify rules

FCA and PRA engagement

35 Responses to recommendations of the Treasury

36 Public consultation requirements

37 Engagement with statutory panels

38 Engagement with Parliamentary Committees

Co-operation of FCA and others

40 Duty to co-operate and consult in exercising functions

Panels and policy statements

41 Listing Authority Advisory Panel

42 Insurance Practitioner Panel

43 Cost Benefit Analysis Panels

44 Statement of policy on cost benefit analyses

45 Statement of policy on panel appointments

46 Composition of panels

47 Panel reports

Bank of England regulatory powers

48 Exercise of FMI regulatory powers

49 Bank of England: rule-making powers

50 Application of FSMA 2000 to FMI functions

Payment Systems Regulator

51 Payment Systems Regulator

52 Chair of the Payment Systems Regulator as member of FCA Board

Consultation on rules

53 Consultation on rules

PART 2
Access to cash

54 Cash access services

55 Wholesale cash distribution

PART 3
Performance of functions relating to financial market infrastructure

56 Recognised bodies: senior managers and certification

PART 4
Central counterparties in financial difficulties

57 Central counterparties in financial difficulties

PART 5
Insurers in financial difficulties

58 Insurers in financial difficulties

PART 6
Miscellaneous

59 Application of provisions to regulatory functions under this Act

60 Formerly authorised persons

61 Control over authorised persons

62 Financial services compensation scheme

63 The Ombudsman scheme

64 Unauthorised co-ownership AIFs

65 Power to amend enactments in consequence of rules

66 Ambulatory references

67 Power to amend or repeal certain provisions of FSMA 2000

68 Power under FSMA 2000 to make transitional provisions

69 Cryptoassets

70 Bank of England levy

71 Bank of England levy: consequential amendments

72 Liability of payment service providers for fraudulent transactions

73 Credit unions

74 Reinsurance for acts of terrorism

75 Banking Act 2009: miscellaneous amendments

76 Arrangements for the investigation of complaints

77 Politically exposed persons: money laundering and terrorist financing

78 Politically exposed persons: review of guidance

79 Forest risk commodities: review

PART 7
General

80 Interpretation

81 Pre-commencement consultation

82 Financial provision

83 Power to make consequential provision

84 Regulations

85 Extent

86 Commencement

87 Short title

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Revocation of retained EU law relating to financial services

SCHEDULE 2 Transitional amendments

SCHEDULE 3 New Schedule 6B to FSMA 2000

SCHEDULE 4 FMI Sandboxes

SCHEDULE 5 Financial promotion: related amendments

SCHEDULE 6 Digital settlement assets

SCHEDULE 7 Accountability of the Payment Systems Regulator

SCHEDULE 8 Cash access services

SCHEDULE 9 Wholesale cash distribution

SCHEDULE 10 Performance of functions relating to financial market infrastructure

SCHEDULE 11 Central counterparties

SCHEDULE 12 Write-down orders

SCHEDULE 13 Insurers in financial difficulties: enforcement of contracts

SCHEDULE 14 Credit unions

PART 7General

80Interpretation

(1)

In this Act—

domestic law” means the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland;

enactment” means an enactment whenever passed or made and includes—

(a)

an enactment contained in any Order in Council, order, rules, regulations, scheme, warrant, byelaw or other instrument made under an Act,

(b)

an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament,

(c)

an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru,

(d)

an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation, and

(e)

any retained direct EU legislation;

FCA” means the Financial Conduct Authority;

FSMA 2000” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

modify” includes amend, repeal or revoke (and related expressions are to be read accordingly);

Payment Systems Regulator” means the body established under section 40(1) of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013;

PRA” means the Prudential Regulation Authority;

primary legislation” means—

(a)

an Act of Parliament,

(b)

an Act of the Scottish Parliament,

(c)

an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru, or

(d)

Northern Ireland legislation;

subordinate legislation” means—

(a)

any Order in Council, order, rules, regulations, scheme, warrant, byelaw or other instrument made under any Act, or

(b)

any instrument made under an Act of the Scottish Parliament, a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru or Northern Ireland legislation,

and includes any Order in Council, order, rules, regulations, scheme, warrant, byelaw or other instrument made on or after IP completion day under any retained direct EU legislation.

(2)

In this Act references to anything which is retained EU law by virtue of section 4 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 include references to any modifications made by or under that Act, this Act or by other domestic law from time to time, of the rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies or procedures concerned.

81Pre-commencement consultation

(1)

Subsection (2) applies to a duty to consult, so far as applying to or in connection with, or otherwise arising in consequence of, a provision of an enactment as modified or made—

(a)

by or under this Act, or

(b)

by or under another Act as amended by this Act.

(2)

The duty to consult may be satisfied by things done before the commencement date (as well as by things done on or after that date).

(3)

The “commencement date”, in relation to a provision of an enactment as modified or made—

(a)

by or under this Act, or

(b)

by or under another Act as amended by this Act,

means the date on which the modification or making of that provision comes into force.

82Financial provision

There is to be paid out of money provided by Parliament any expenditure incurred by the Treasury for any purpose in connection with this Act.

83Power to make consequential provision

(1)

The Treasury may by regulations make provision that is consequential on this Act or on any provision made under it.

(2)

The power to make regulations under this section may (among other things) be exercised by modifying any provision made by or under an enactment (including this Act).

(3)

Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative procedure if they amend, repeal or revoke any provision of primary legislation.

(4)

Regulations under this section to which subsection (3) does not apply are subject to the negative procedure.

84Regulations

(1)

Any power to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2)

Any power to make regulations under this Act includes power—

(a)

to make provision by reference to any rules or other instruments as they have effect from time to time;

(b)

to make different provision for different purposes;

(c)

to make supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision.

(3)

Where regulations under this Act are subject to “the affirmative procedure”, the regulations may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(4)

Where regulations under this Act are subject to “the negative procedure”, the statutory instrument containing them is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(5)

Any provision that may be made by regulations under this Act, or under any other enactment, subject to the negative procedure may be made in regulations, made under or by virtue of this Act, subject to the affirmative procedure.

(6)

If an instrument, or a draft of an instrument, containing regulations under this Act would, apart from this subsection, be treated as a hybrid instrument for the purposes of the standing orders of either House of Parliament, it is to proceed in that House as if it were not a hybrid instrument.

(7)

This section does not apply to regulations under section 86, except so far as making provision by virtue of section 4(1).

85Extent

(1)

This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland except as provided by subsection (2).

(2)

The following extend to England and Wales and Scotland only—

(a)

section 73;

(b)

section 74.

(3)

The power under section 430(3) of FSMA 2000 may be exercised so as to extend to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man any amendment or repeal made by or under this Act of any part of that Act (with or without modifications).

86Commencement

(1)

The following come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a)

this Part;

(b)

Part 5 of Schedule 2, and section 2 so far as relating to that Part;

(c)

section 20(3), so far as conferring a power to make regulations;

(d)

section 24;

(e)

section 56 and Schedule 10, so far as conferring power to make regulations;

(f)

section 77;

(g)

section 78.

(2)

The following provisions come into force two months after Royal Assent—

(a)

section 22;

(b)

section 52;

(c)

section 54;

(d)

section 55;

(e)

section 58;

(f)

section 60;

(g)

section 61;

(h)

section 62;

(i)

section 72;

(j)

section 74.

(3)

The rest of this Act comes into force on such day as the Treasury may by regulations appoint.

(4)

Different days may be appointed for different purposes.

(5)

The Treasury may by regulations make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.

(6)

The power to make regulations under subsection (5) includes power to make different provision for different purposes.

(7)

Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.

87Short title

This Act may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023.