(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes consequential and transitional provisions for the purposes of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("the Act") and in consequence of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) Order (S.I. 2001/2632 (C. 87)). That Order brings into force the provisions of the Act relating to (amongst other things) the making of applications under the Act for permission or authorisation coming into force on the day on which section 19 of the Act comes into force ("commencement"). That Order also brings into force Part XI of the Act (information gathering and investigations).