C1Part IV Official Listing of Securities
F1156B Publication of prospectus.
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Where listing rules made under section 144(2) above require the publication of a prospectus, it shall not be lawful, before the time of publication of the prospectus, to offer the securities in question to the public in the United Kingdom.
2
An authorised person who contravenes subsection (1) above shall be treated as contravening rules made under Chapter V of Part I of this Act or, in the case of a person who is an authorised person by virtue of his membership of a recognised self-regulating organisation or certification by a recognised professional body, the rules of that organisation or body.
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A person, other than an authorised person, who contravenes subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
a
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;
b
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
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Without prejudice to any liability under section 150 above, a person shall not be regarded as contravening subsection (1) above by reason only of a prospectus not having fully complied with the requirements of listing rules as to its form or content.
5
Any contravention of subsection (1) above shall be actionable at the suit of a person who suffers loss as a result of the contravention subject to the defences and other incidents applying to actions for breach of statutory duty.
Pt. IV (ss. 142-157) modified (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/231, art. 84(2); S.R. 1992/117, art. 3(1).
Pt. IV (ss. 142-157) applied (6.1.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 107(4); S.I. 1993/3237, art. 2(2).
Pt. IV (Ss. 142-157) applied (with modifications) (19.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1537, reg. 20, Sch. 4 para. 4