(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2007.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2007 for the purposes of -
(a) enabling the Authority to receive a notice under subsection (1)(b) of section 312A of the Act (inserted by these Regulations) in preparation for the making of arrangements as mentioned in that section by an EEA market operator on or after 1st November 2007;
(b) enabling a recognised investment exchange to give notice under subsection (2) of section 312C of the Act (inserted by these Regulations), and enabling the Authority to send a copy of the notice to the host state regulator as required by subsection (3) of that section;
(c) enabling applications to be made for approval under section 412A of the Act (inserted by these Regulations);
(d) enabling the Authority to give a direction as to the manner in which an application under section 412A is to be made and as to the