PART 3U.K.Amendments of the 2019 Regulations
Amendments of the 2019 RegulationsU.K.
10. The 2019 Regulations are amended as follows.
Regulation 4U.K.
11. Omit regulation 4 (amendment of section 73A – Part 6 rules).
Regulation 6U.K.
12. Omit regulation 6 (amendment of section 84 – matters which may be dealt with by prospectus rules).
Regulation 8U.K.
13. In regulation 8 (amendment of section 86 – exempt offers to the public)—
(a)in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (a), and
(b)omit paragraphs (3), (4) and (6) to (10).
Regulation 9U.K.
14. Omit regulation 9 (amendment of section 87 – election to have prospectus).
Regulation 10U.K.
15. In regulation 10 (amendment of section 87A – criteria for approval of prospectus by FCA)—
(a)in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (b), and
(b)omit paragraphs (4) and (5).
Regulations 11 to 17U.K.
16. Omit the following regulations—
(a)regulation 11 (amendment of section 87D – procedure for decision on application for approval);
(b)regulation 12 (repeal of sections 87E and 87F – transfer of application for approval of a prospectus);
(c)regulation 13 (repeal of section 87FB – communication of final terms by FCA);
(d)regulation 14 (repeal of sections 87H and 87I – passporting);
(e)regulation 15 (amendment of section 87K – power to suspend or prohibit offer to the public);
(f)regulation 16 (amendment of section 87L – power to suspend, restrict or prohibit admission to trading on a regulated market), and
(g)regulation 17 (amendment of section 87M – public censure of issuer).
Regulation 30U.K.
17. In regulation 30 (amendment of section 91 – penalties for breach of Part 6 rules), omit paragraph (2).
Regulation 31U.K.
18. In regulation 31 (amendment of section 97 – appointment by FCA of persons to carry out investigations), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—
“(a)in paragraph (a), for sub-paragraph (ii) (including the “or” at the end) substitute—
“(ii)any other provision of qualifying transparency legislation, or”;
(b)in paragraph (b), for sub-paragraph (ii) (including the “or” at the end) substitute—
“(ii)any other provision of qualifying transparency legislation, or”;”.
Regulation 36U.K.
19. In regulation 36 (amendment of section 103 – interpretation of Part 6), in the text inserted by paragraph (a), omit the definition of “qualifying prospectus legislation”.
Regulation 38U.K.
20. In regulation 38 (amendment of schedule 11A – transferable securities) , omit paragraphs (2) to (5), (7) and (8).
Commencement Information
Marginal Citations
Regulations 40 to 66U.K.
21. Omit regulations 40 to 66 (amendments of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 809/2004) .
Commencement Information
Marginal Citations
Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1569/2007U.K.
22. In regulation 67 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1569/2007), in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (c).
Amendment of the transitional provisionU.K.
23. In regulation 73 (prospectus approved before exit day by competent authority of other EEA state) of the 2019 Regulations—
(a)in the heading, for “exit day” substitute “ 21st July 2019 ”;
(b)in paragraph (1)(a), for “exit day” substitute “ 21st July 2019 ”;
(c)after paragraph (4), insert—
“(5) In this regulation, references to FSMA 2000 are references to that Act as it had effect immediately before 21st July 2019.”.
Revocation of Schedule 1U.K.
24. Omit Schedule 1 (amendments of annexes to Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004).
Amendments of Schedule 2U.K.
25.—(1) Schedule 2 (transfer of functions to the Treasury and FCA) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1, omit the definitions of “the prospectus regulation” and “the Prospectus Rules sourcebook”.
(3) Omit paragraphs 3 to 9.
(4) Omit paragraphs 22 to 30.