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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2001 No. 2510

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Gaming Contracts) Order 2001

  Made 12th July 2001 
  Laid before Parliament 13th July 2001 
  Coming into force in accordance with article 1 

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 412(2) and (6) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000[1] ("the Act"), hereby make the following Order:

     1. This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Gaming Contracts) Order 2001 and comes into force on the day on which section 19 of the Act comes into force.

    
2.  - (1) Any activity of the kind - 

is specified for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 412 of the Act (contracts not to be void or unenforceable because of the law relating to gaming).

    (2) The class of investment consisting of securities and contractually based investments (within the meaning of the Regulated Activities Order) is specified for the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of that section.


Nick Ainger

Tony McNulty
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

12th July 2001



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order specifies kinds of activity and a class of investment for the purposes of section 412 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8.). A contract which is entered into by either or each party by way of business and relates to an investment of a specified class is, where the entering into or performance of it by either party constitutes an activity of a specified kind, not void or unenforceable by virtue of the law relating to gaming.


Notes:

[1] 2000 c. 8.back

[2] S.I. 2001/544.back



ISBN 0 11 029832 2


 © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 14 August 2001


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