The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2021

This Order makes amendments to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544) (“the Regulated Activities Order”) in relation to the regulation of funeral plan contracts, such that funeral plan providers will generally need to be appropriately authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“the Act”) (c.8) when entering into, or carrying out, such contracts. The Order also amends other secondary legislation made under the Act and makes various transitional modifications to the ombudsman scheme established under the Act.