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Version date: 31 January 2024 - onwards
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Article 2 Interpretation: general

(1) In this Order -

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

"authorised contractual scheme" and "authorised unit trust scheme" have the meaning given in section 237(3) of the Act;

"close relative", in relation to a person means - (a) his spouse or civil partner; (b) his children and step-children, his parents and step-parents, his brothers and sisters and his step-brothers and step-sisters; and (c) the spouse or civil partner of any person within sub-paragraph (b);

"Full name", in relation to a person, means the name under which that person carries on business and, if different, that person's corporate name.

"overseas scheme" means an unregulated scheme which is operated and managed in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;