Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

[F1 97A. Reporting of infringements U.K.

(1) This section applies to a person—

(a) who is the employer of any employees, and

(b) who—

(i) provides regulated financial services,

(ii) carries on regulated activities in reliance on the exemption in section 327, or

(iii) is a recognised investment exchange, a recognised clearing house, a recognised CSD F2 ... or a third country central counterparty.

(2) The person must have in place appropriate internal procedures for the person’s employees to report, through an independent channel, contraventions and potential contraventions of—

(a) the prospectus regulation, F3 ...

[F4 (b) any EU regulation, originally made under the prospectus regulation, which is retained EU law, or

(c) any subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978) made under the prospectus regulation on or after IP completion day.]

(3) In this section—

• “employer” and “employee” have the same meaning given in section 230(1) to (5) of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

• “regulated financial services” has the meaning given by section 1H.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 97A inserted (21.7.2019) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Prospectus) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1043), regs. 1(1), 28 (with reg. 40)

F2 Words in s. 97A(1)(b)(iii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Prospectus (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1234), regs. 1(4), 7(2) (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)

F3 Word in s. 97A(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Prospectus (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1234), regs. 1(4), 7(3)(a) (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)

F4 S. 97A(2)(b)(c) substituted for s. 97A(2)(b) (31.12.2020) by The Prospectus (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1234), regs. 1(4), 7(3)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 48(a)) (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)