Financial Services And Markets PART 1 General Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 9th August 2021. 2 These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “ the Benchmarks Regulation ” means Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds; “ the FCA ” means the Financial Conduct Authority. Transitional provision 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Provision of information and documents – critical benchmarks Application of Part 4 This Part applies for the purposes of— a in Article 22A of the Benchmarks Regulation (assessment of representativeness of critical benchmarks: administrator) — i a notice given by the FCA to an administrator under paragraph 3 or 11; ii a permission given by the FCA to an administrator under paragraph 9; b in Article 22B of that Regulation (assessment of representativeness of critical benchmarks: FCA) , a notice given by the FCA to an administrator under paragraph 3; c in Article 23A of that Regulation (designation of certain critical benchmarks) , a notice given by the FCA to an administrator under paragraph 1(b), 4, 7 or 9; d in Article 23D of that Regulation (orderly cessation of Article 23A benchmarks) , a notice given by the FCA to an administrator under paragraph 2 or 8(b). Provision of an address to which information or a document may be sent electronically 5 1 An administrator of a critical benchmark— a must provide the FCA with an email address to which a notice or permission to which this Part applies may be sent; b may provide the FCA with an address (other than an email address) to which such a notice or permission may, with the written agreement of the FCA, be sent electronically. 2 An address provided in accordance with paragraph (1) must be provided— a where the benchmark is listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1368 of 11 August 2016 establishing a list of critical benchmarks used in financial markets pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, before 14 August 2021; b where regulations are made specifying the benchmark as critical under paragraph 5 or 6 of Article 20A, or paragraph 5 of Article 20, of the Benchmarks Regulation, within five working days beginning with the day on which those regulations come into force. 3 The administrator may provide a different address in substitution for one provided in accordance with paragraph (1). 4 An address provided under paragraph (3) must be provided no less than five working days before the day on which the administrator intends the substitution to take effect. 5 The conditions in paragraph (1) apply in respect of such an address as they apply to an address provided in accordance with that paragraph. Date on which information or a document is treated as having been received 6 A notice or permission sent by the FCA to an administrator at an address provided in accordance with regulation 5 shall be deemed to have been received— a in respect of a notice or permission referred to in regulation 4(a) to (c)— i if sent on a working day before 5 p.m., on that day; ii otherwise, on the following working day; b in respect of a notice referred to in regulation 4(d)— i if sent before 5 p.m., on the day on which it is sent; ii otherwise, on the following day. Alan Mak David Rutley Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury