Dealing with transferable securities or money-market instruments5.
In regulation 16 (dealing with transferable securities or money-market instruments)—
(a)
“(4A)
A person (“P”) must not, directly or indirectly, deal with a transferable security or money-market instrument falling within paragraph (4B) if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is dealing with such a transferable security or money-market instrument.
(4B)
A transferable security or money-market instrument falls within this paragraph if it has a maturity exceeding 30 days and is issued on or after 1st March 2022 by—
(a)
a person, other than an individual, which is—
(i)
incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, and
(ii)
owned by a person falling within Schedule 2; or
(b)
a person, other than an individual, acting on behalf or at the direction of a person within sub-paragraph (a).
(4C)
A person (“P”) must not, directly or indirectly, deal with a transferable security or money-market instrument falling within paragraph (4D) if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is dealing with such a transferable security or money-market instrument.
(4D)
A transferable security or money-market instrument falls within this paragraph if it is issued on or after 1st March 2022 by—
(a)
a person connected with Russia, which is not—
(i)
a person falling within Schedule 2,
(ii)
a person, other than an individual, which on 1st March 2022 is domiciled in a country other than Russia, or
(iii)
a person, other than an individual, which on 1st March 2022 is a branch or subsidiary, wherever located, of a person mentioned in paragraph (ii);
(b)
a person, other than an individual, which is owned by a person falling within sub-paragraph (a); or
(c)
a person, other than an individual, acting on behalf or at the direction of a person within sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b).
(4E)
A person (“P”) must not, directly or indirectly, deal with a transferable security or money-market instrument falling within paragraph (4F) if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is dealing with such a transferable security or money-market instrument.
(4F)
A transferable security or money-market instrument falls within this paragraph if it is issued on or after 1st March 2022 by, or on behalf of, the Government of Russia.”;
(b)
“(5)
Paragraphs (1), (3), (4A), (4C) and (4E) are subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).”;
(c)
in paragraph (6), for “(1) or (3)” substitute “(1), (3), (4A), (4C) and (4E)”
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