Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

145Financial promotion rules
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(1)The Authority may make rules applying to authorised persons about the communication by them, or their approval of the communication by others, of invitations or inducements—

(a)to engage in investment activity; or

(b)to participate in a collective investment scheme.

(2)Rules under this section may, in particular, make provision about the form and content of communications.

(3)Subsection (1) applies only to communications which—

(a)if made by a person other than an authorised person, without the approval of an authorised person, would contravene section 21(1);

(b)may be made by an authorised person without contravening section 238(1).

(4)“Engage in investment activity” has the same meaning as in section 21.

(5)The Treasury may by order impose limitations on the power to make rules under this section.