Explanatory Notes

Scotland Act 1998

1998 CHAPTER 46

19th November 1998

Schedules

Schedule 5.

Part II: Preliminary paragraphs

Head A: Financial and Economic Matters

Section A4: Financial Markets
Details of Provisions
Reservation

What is reserved are financial markets, such as investment exchanges or money markets.

The reserved matters are expressly stated to include:

(a)

the listing and public offers of securities and investments, such as the matters which have to be disclosed in the application for official or unofficial listing of securities by the Stock Exchange;

(b)

the transfer of securities e.g. on paper in the case of certificated securities or electronically in the case of uncertificated securities as in the CREST system; and

(c)

insider dealing.  This reserves all matters relating to what constitutes insider dealing and its consequences.