Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

[F1[F387ACriteria for approval of prospectus by [F2FCA] U.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1)The [F4FCA] may not approve a prospectus unless it is satisfied that—

F5(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)the prospectus contains the [F6information required by Article 6(1) or 14(2) of the prospectus regulation], and

(c)all of the other requirements imposed by or in accordance with this Part [F7, the prospectus regulation or prospectus rules] have been complied with (so far as those requirements apply to a prospectus for the transferable securities in question).

[F8(2)The necessary information is—

(a)the information required by Article 6(1) of the prospectus regulation, or

(b)in a case within Article 14(1) of that regulation, the information required by Article 14(2) of that regulation.]

[F9(2A) If, in the case of transferable securities to which section 87 applies, the prospectus states that the guarantor is a specified F10... State, the prospectus is not required to include other information about the guarantor.]

F11(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12(7A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(8)“Prospectus” F13... includes a supplementary prospectus.

F14(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F15(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 84-87R and cross-headings substituted for ss. 84-87 (1.7.2005) by The Prospectus Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1433), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 5

F2Word in s. 87A heading substituted (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 16(6)(c), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(c), Sch. Pt. 3; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F3Ss. 86-87O omitted (30.1.2024 for specified purposes) by virtue of The Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/105), reg. 2(2)(3), Sch. 3 para. 7 (with regs. 48-50)

F4Word in s. 87A(1) substituted (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 16(6)(a), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(c), Sch. Pt. 3; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.