The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016

Applications under the market abuse regulation

6.—(1) Any application to the FCA under the market abuse regulation or a supplementary EU regulation must—

(a) be made in such manner as the FCA may direct; and

(b) contain or be accompanied by, such other information as the FCA may reasonably require.

(2) At any time after receiving an application and before determining it, the FCA may require the applicant to provide it with such further information as it reasonably considers necessary to enable it to determine the application.

(3) Different directions may be given, and different requirements imposed, in relation to different applications or categories of application.

(4) The FCA may require an applicant to provide information under this regulation in such form, or to verify it in such a way, as the FCA may direct.

(5) Section 398(1) of the 2000 Act (misleading FCA or PRA: residual cases) applies to a requirement imposed under this regulation as it applies to a requirement imposed by or under the 2000 Act.

(1)

2000 c.8; Section 398 was amended by S.I. 2013/423, S.I. 2013/1773, S.I. 2015/1882 and by paragraphs 36(2) and (3) of Schedule 9 to the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21).