This Order makes amendments to the United Kingdom's implementation of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (“the Directive”) (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p.1). The Directive was implemented in the UK by the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1773) and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1797).