The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2017/456 |
2017 No. 456
Financial Services And Markets
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made 21th March 2017
Laid before Parliament 22th March 2017
Coming into force 12th April 2017
The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 349(1)(b), (2) and (3), 417(1)1and 428(3) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 20002and section 92(1)(b), (3), (4) and (6)3and 142(3) of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 20134.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 12th April 2017.
Amendment of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001
2.—(1) The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 20015are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1 (disclosure of confidential information whether or not subject to single market restrictions), in Part 1 at the end insert—
“The Comptroller and Auditor General |
(a) That person’s function under section 6 of the National Audit Act 19836 of carrying out examinations into the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the FCA has used its resources in discharging its functions (b) That person’s function of carrying out examinations under section 7D of the Bank of England Act 19987 |
The National Audit Office |
Functions for which it is responsible by virtue of section 22 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 20118 in relation to— (i) examinations under section 6 of the National Audit Act 1983 in respect of the FCA; or (ii) examinations under section 7D of the Bank of England Act 1998” |
Amendment of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2014
3. In the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 20149, in the Schedule (persons and functions in respect of which disclosure is permitted) at the end insert—
“The Comptroller and Auditor General |
(a) That person’s function under section 6 of the National Audit Act 1983 of carrying out examinations into the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the FCA or the Payment Systems Regulator has used its resources in discharging its functions (b) That person’s function of carrying out examinations under section 7D of the Bank of England Act 1998 |
The National Audit Office |
Functions for which it is responsible by virtue of section 22 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 in relation to— (i) examinations under section 6 of the National Audit Act 1983 in respect of the FCA or the Payment Systems Regulator; or (ii) examinations under section 7D of the Bank of England Act 1998” |
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