Part XXIII Public Record, Disclosure of Information and Co-operation

Disclosure of information

F1351AF1Disclosure under the UCITS directive

1

This section applies in relation to a disclosure made by a person who falls within subsection (2) for the purpose of compliance with requirements set out in rules made by the Authority to implement Chapter VIII of the UCITS directive.

2

The following persons fall within this subsection—

a

the auditor of an authorised unit trust scheme that is a master UCITS;

b

the trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme that is a master UCITS;

c

the auditor of an authorised unit trust scheme that is a feeder UCITS;

d

the trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme that is a feeder UCITS; or

e

a person acting on behalf of a person within paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) above.

3

A disclosure to which this section applies is not to be taken as a contravention of any duty to which the person making the disclosure is subject.

4

In this section, “authorised unit trust scheme”, “master UCITS” and “feeder UCITS” have the meaning given in section 237.