[285 Exemption for recognised bodies etc]
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (2000 c 8) | Legislation

[Part XVIII Recognised Investment Exchanges, Clearing Houses]

Chapter I
Exemption

General

[285  Exemption for recognised bodies etc]

(1)     In this Act—

(a)     “recognised investment exchange” means an investment exchange in relation to which a recognition order is in force; . . .

[(b)     “recognised clearing house” means—

(i)     a central counterparty in relation to which a recognition order is in force (in this Part referred to as a “recognised central counterparty”), or

(ii)     a clearing house which provides clearing services in the United Kingdom without doing so as a central counterparty, and in relation to which a recognition order is in force;

(c)     . . .]

[(d)     “third country central counterparty” means a person established in a country other than the United Kingdom who has been recognised by the Bank of England as a central counterparty pursuant to Article 25 of the EMIR Regulation;]

[(e)     “recognised CSD” means a central securities depository in relation to which a recognition

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