(1) In this Order -

"the Act" means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

"acting as an insolvency practitioner" is to be read with section 388 of the Insolvency Act 1986 [Amended by the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c.6), section 11, the Insolvency Act 2000 (c.39), section 4, and S.I. 1994/2421, S.I. 2002/1240, S.I. 2002/2708 and S.I. 2009/1941.] or, as the case may be, article 3 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 [S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I.19). Amended by S.R. 1995/225, S.R. 2002/334, S.I. 2002/3152 (N.I.6), S.R. 2003/660, S.R. 2004/307.] and, in any provision of this Order which provides for activities to be excluded from a specified activity, references to things done by a person acting - (a) as an insolvency practitioner, or (b) in reasonable contemplation of that person’s appointment as an insolvency practitioner, include anything done by the person’s firm in connection with that person so acting;

"agreement provider" has the meaning given by article 63J(3);