Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8)

Part VI U.K. Official Listing

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 6 (ss. 72-103) applied (with modifications) (1.12.2001) by S.I. 1995/1537, Sch. 4 (as amended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 511)

C2 Pt. 6 modified (31.12.2020) by The Official Listing of Securities, Prospectus and Transparency (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/707), regs. 1(2), 73 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1234, regs. 1(2), 23 and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1234, regs. 1(3), 29(2)))); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[F1 Transferable securities: powers of [F2 FCA] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 84-87R and cross-headings substituted for ss. 84-87 (1.7.2005) by The Prospectus Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1433), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 5

F2 Words in ss. 87J-87O and cross-heading substituted (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 16(2)(3)(e), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(c), Sch. Pt. 3; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

[F2 [F3 [F4 87LA. Power of FCA to suspend or prohibit trading on a trading facility U.K.

(1) This section applies in relation to the trading of transferable securities on a trading facility.

(2) If—

(a) the FCA has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an applicable provision has been infringed, and

(b) the securities have not yet been traded on the trading facility in question,

the FCA may require the person who proposes to trade the securities to suspend taking any action to implement the proposal for a period not exceeding 10 working days.

(3) If—

(a) the FCA has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an applicable provision has been infringed, and

(b) the securities have been traded on the trading facility in question,

the FCA may require the operator of the facility to suspend trading in the securities for a period not exceeding 10 working days.

(4) If the FCA finds that an applicable provision has been infringed, it may require the operator of the trading facility in question to prohibit trading in the securities on that facility.

(5) In this section—

• “applicable provision” means—

  (a)

  a provision of this Part,

  (b)

  a provision contained in prospectus rules, or

  (c)

  any provision of, or made in accordance with, the prospectus regulation;

• [F5 “trading facility” means a UK multilateral trading facility or a UK organised trading facility;]

• [F5 “UK multilateral trading facility” has the meaning given in Article 2(1)(14A) of the markets in financial instruments regulation;]

• [F5 “UK organised trading facility” has the meaning given in Article 2(1)(15A) of the markets in financial instruments regulation.]]]]]

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 87LA inserted (21.7.2019) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Prospectus) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1043), regs. 1(1), 20 (with reg. 40)

F4 Ss. 86-87O omitted (30.1.2024 for specified purposes) by virtue of The Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/105), reg. 2(2)(3), Sch. 3 para. 7 (with regs. 48-50)

F5 Words in s. 87LA(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Prospectus (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1234), regs. 1(4), 6 (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1234, reg. 29(2))); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)