On 9 July 2021, there was published on the legislation.gov.uk website The Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) Regulations 2021.
These Regulations make provision for a notice or permission given by the FCA to an administrator of a critical benchmark under new Articles 22A, 22B, 23A and 23D of the onshored Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). These Articles were inserted into the BMR by the Financial Services Act 2021 and form part of a suite of amendments to the BMR to provide the FCA with additional powers to manage an orderly wind-down of a critical benchmark. The Regulations come into force on 9 August 2021.