PART 5Amendments of retained European Union law

CHAPTER 1Amendments of the Prospectus Regulation

Subject matter, scope and exemptionsI132

1

Article 1 is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 1, for “a Member State” substitute “ the United Kingdom ”.

3

In paragraph 2—

a

for point (b) substitute—

b

non-equity securities issued by—

i

the government of any country or territory,

ii

a local or regional authority of any country or territory,

iii

a public international body of which any state is a member,

iv

the European Central Bank or the central bank of any state;

b

in point (c), for “the Member States” substitute “ any state ”;

c

in point (d) for “a Member State or” to the end, substitute “ the government or a local or regional authority of any country or territory ”;

d

in point (e), for “Member State” substitute “ state ”.

4

In paragraph 4—

a

in point (b), for “per Member State” substitute “ in the United Kingdom ”;

F2aa

in point (f), before “securities”, insert “ subject to paragraph 6a, ”;

ab

in paragraph (g), before “securities”, insert “ subject to paragraph 6b, ”;

b

in point (j), for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.

F35

In paragraph 5, in the first subparagraph—

a

in point (e), before “securities”, insert “ subject to paragraph 6a, ”;

b

in point (f), before “securities”, insert “ subject to paragraph 6b, ”;

c

in point (j)(v), omit the words “in the Member State of the regulated market where admission to trading is sought” and the words “of the Member State of the regulated market where admission is sought”.

F15A

In paragraph 6a, for point (b) substitute—

b

the FCA has issued a prior approval, under paragraph 6c of this Article, for the documents referred to in point (f) of paragraph 4 or point (e) of paragraph 5 of this Article.

5B

After paragraph 6b, insert—

6c

The FCA may issue prior approval for the documents referred to in point (f) of paragraph 4 or point (e) of paragraph 5 of this Article.

6

For paragraph 7 substitute—

7

The Treasury may by regulations specify the minimum information content of the documents referred to in points (f) and (g) of paragraph 4 and points (e) and (f) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 5 of this Article.